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alleinstehend

German, adjective[aˈlaɪ̯nˌʃteːənt]

alleinstehend is spelled A-L-L-E-I-N-S-T-E-H-E-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alleinstehend is a German adjective meaning “stand-alone, detached” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Familie oder Partner/Partnerin lebend”.

What does alleinstehend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    stand-alone, detached

  2. 2

    single (not married nor having a life partner)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Familie oder Partner/Partnerin lebend 2. allein, isoliert, für sich stehend

verb: 1. Partizip Präsens des Verbs alleinstehen

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 alleinstehend

  • alleinstehender masculine nominative singular
  • alleinstehende feminine nominative singular
  • alleinstehendes neuter nominative singular
  • alleinstehenden genitive masculine singular
  • alleinstehendem dative masculine singular
  • der alleinstehende definite includes-article masculine
  • die alleinstehende definite feminine includes-article
  • das alleinstehende definite includes-article neuter
  • die alleinstehenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des alleinstehenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der alleinstehenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem alleinstehenden dative definite includes-article
  • den alleinstehenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alleinstehend?

  • [aˈlaɪ̯nˌʃteːənt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alleinstehend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alleinstehend in German?

alleinstehend appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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