Alibi
German, noun/ˈaːlibi/
Alibi is spelled A-L-I-B-I (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alibi is a German neuter noun meaning “alibi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nachweis, nicht zum Zeitpunkt eines Verbrechens am Tatort gewesen zu sein”.
What does Alibi mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteralibi
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nachweis, nicht zum Zeitpunkt eines Verbrechens am Tatort gewesen zu sein 2. allgemein eine Ausrede oder Rechtfertigung
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 Alibi
- Alibis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alibi?
- /ˈaːlibi/
- [ˈʔaː.li.bi]
- [-lɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alibi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alibi in German?
Alibi appears 2.3 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).