Alge

[ˈalɡə]

/[ˈalɡə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Alge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alge
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈalɡə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,949
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alge“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Algefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aladin“ (#64,948), „Alkohols“ (#64,950), „Akutes“ (#64,947). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alge“ bei #64,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    niedere, meist im Wasser lebende pflanzliche Organismen, als Einzeller oder als Mehrzeller organisiert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Alge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Algen werden eine große Bedeutung für die Ernährung der Menschheit erlangen.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alge"?
"Alge" is spelled A-L-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈalɡə].
What does "Alge" mean?
As a noun, "Alge" means: niedere, meist im Wasser lebende pflanzliche Organismen, als Einzeller oder als Mehrzeller organisiert
How do you pronounce "Alge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alge" is [ˈalɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alge" come from?
"Alge" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list