Alleinstellungsmerkmal
German, noun/aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl/
Alleinstellungsmerkmal is spelled A-L-L-E-I-N-S-T-E-L-L-U-N-G-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L (22 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alleinstellungsmerkmal is a German neuter noun meaning “unique selling proposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kennzeichnendes Merkmal, Charakteristikum, das die Einmaligkeit, Unverwechselbarkeit von etwas ausmacht…”.
What does Alleinstellungsmerkmal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterunique selling proposition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kennzeichnendes Merkmal, Charakteristikum, das die Einmaligkeit, Unverwechselbarkeit von etwas ausmacht, besonders hinsichtlich seiner Vermarktungsmöglichkeiten
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 Alleinstellungsmerkmal
- Alleinstellungsmerkmales genitive
- Alleinstellungsmerkmals genitive
- Alleinstellungsmerkmale plural
- Alleinstellungsmerkmalen dative definite plural
- USP abbreviation jargon
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alleinstellungsmerkmal?
- /aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl/
- [aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alleinstellungsmerkmal in German?
Alleinstellungsmerkmal appears 1.5 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).