Alexandriner
German, noun[alɛksanˈdʁiːnɐ]
Alexandriner is spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-N-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alexandriner is a German masculine noun meaning “an Alexandrian (a native or inhabitant of Alexandria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bewohner von Alexandria, jemand, der aus Alexandria stammt”.
What does Alexandriner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean Alexandrian (a native or inhabitant of Alexandria)
- 2
masculinealexandrine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bewohner von Alexandria, jemand, der aus Alexandria stammt
noun: 1. Versmaß aus zwölf oder auch dreizehn Silben mit fester Zäsur nach der sechsten Silbe, das in der französischen Literatur entwickelt wurde
noun: 1. gelehrte Person, vor allem im Bereich der Philosophie 2. Anhänger des Alexandrismus
noun: 1. Münzgeld, das in Alexandria zur römischen Kaiserzeit geprägt wurde
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 Alexandriner
- Alexandriners genitive
- Alexandrinerin feminine
- Alexandrinern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alexandriner?
- [alɛksanˈdʁiːnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alexandriner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alexandriner in German?
Alexandriner appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).