Alge
[ˈalɡə]
The verdict
“Alge” is uncommon German (frequency #64,949 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,949
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - niedere, meist im Wasser lebende pflanzliche Organismen, als Einzeller oder als Mehrzeller organisiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-alge · Alge · German
Alge · rank #64,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,949
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aladin
Nearest frequency peer: Aladin (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Alge“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Akutes
Akutes
35,054 corpus weight
- Aladin
Aladin
35,053 corpus weight
- Alge
Alge
35,052 corpus weight
- Alkohols
Alkohols
35,051 corpus weight
- Allgemeinwi…
Allgemeinwissen
35,050 corpus weight
- allmächtiger
allmächtiger
35,049 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Alge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalɡə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alge is uncommon German at frequency #64,949 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈalɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "niedere, meist im Wasser lebende pflanzliche Organismen, als Einzeller oder als Mehrzeller organisiert".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Alge in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Alge, spelled A-L-G-E.
Definition
- 1niedere, meist im Wasser lebende pflanzliche Organismen, als Einzeller oder als Mehrzeller organisiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Algen werden eine große Bedeutung für die Ernährung der Menschheit erlangen.
Im Badesee wachsen zu viele Algen, so dass er für dieses Jahr gesperrt bleibt.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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