ALG
German, noun
ALG is a German neuter noun meaning “short for Arbeitslosengeld” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Alg is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of ALG”.
What does ALG mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutershort for Arbeitslosengeld
noun
- 1
neuteralternative letter-case form of ALG
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Arbeitslosengeld
abbreviation: 1. Arbeitslosengeld
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 ALG
- Algs genitive
- ALGs genitive
- Alg alternative
- ALG alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ALG in German?
ALG appears 1.8 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).