Ale
German, noun/eːl/
Ale is spelled A-L-E (3 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ale is a German neuter noun meaning “ale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “englische, helle Biersorte”.
What does Ale mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterale
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. englische, helle Biersorte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ale
- Ales genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ale?
- /eːl/
- [ɛɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ale in German?
Ale appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).