Alk
German, noun/alk/
Alk is spelled A-L-K (3 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alk is a German masculine noun meaning “auk, any bird of the family Alcidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Vogel aus der Familie der Alkenvögel (Alcidae)”.
What does Alk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineauk, any bird of the family Alcidae
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinealcohol (especially in the sense of “alcoholic drink”)
prefix
- 1
alk-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Vogel aus der Familie der Alkenvögel (Alcidae) 2. Alkohol
abbreviation: 1. Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte
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 Alk
- Alks genitive
- Alkes genitive
- Alken genitive
- Alke plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alk?
- /alk/
- [alk]
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alk in German?
Alk appears 1.9 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).