Alinea
German, noun/aˈlinea/
Alinea is spelled A-L-I-N-E-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alinea is a German neuter noun meaning “pilcrow, ¶ (a paragraph mark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Absatz, neue Zeile”.
What does Alinea mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpilcrow, ¶ (a paragraph mark)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Absatz, neue Zeile 2. das Absatzzeichen
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 Alinea
- Alineas genitive
- Al. abbreviation
- ¶ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alinea?
- /aˈlinea/
- [aˈliːnea]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alinea in German?
Alinea appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).