allgemein
German, adjective/ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯n/
allgemein is spelled A-L-L-G-E-M-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allgemein is a German adjective meaning “general (common, basic, usual), universal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überall”.
What does allgemein mean in English?
adjective
- 1
general (common, basic, usual), universal
die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. überall 2. alle angehend 3. unspezifisch
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 allgemein
- allgemeiner masculine nominative singular
- am allgemeinsten superlative
- allgemeine feminine nominative singular
- allgemeines neuter nominative singular
- allgemeinen genitive masculine singular
- allgemeinem dative masculine singular
- der allgemeine definite includes-article masculine
- die allgemeine definite feminine includes-article
- das allgemeine definite includes-article neuter
- die allgemeinen definite includes-article nominative
- des allgemeinen definite genitive includes-article
- der allgemeinen definite feminine genitive
- dem allgemeinen dative definite includes-article
- allg. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allgemein?
- /ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯n/
- /ˈalɡəˌmaɪ̯n/
- [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allgemein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allgemein in German?
allgemein appears 56 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).