allgemeine

/[ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,755

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

allgemeine is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein Pronounced [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]. It ranks #1,755 in German word frequency. Often confused with allgemeinen and allgemeines.

Key facts for allgemeine
PropertyValue
Headwordallgemeine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,755
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of allgemeine in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for allgemeine is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,755 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for allgemeine, with forms such as "algemeine", "alglemeine", and "allegmeine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "allgemeinen", "allgemeines", "allgemeiner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is allgemeine, spelled A-L-L-G-E-M-E-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: algemeine,alglemeine,allegmeine,allgeemine,allgemeien,allgemenie,allgemiene,allgemmeine,allggemeine,allgmeeine,lalgemeine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for allgemeine

Misspelling Variants of "allgemeine"

algemeine9alglemeine10allegmeine10allgeemine10allgemeien10allgemenie10allgemiene10allgemmeine11
Misspelling Variants of "allgemeine"

Frequency rank: #1,755 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allgemeine"?
"allgemeine" is spelled A-L-L-G-E-M-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə].
What does "allgemeine" mean?
As an adj, "allgemeine" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein
What words are commonly confused with "allgemeine"?
"allgemeine" is commonly confused with "allgemeinen", "allgemeines", "allgemeiner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allgemeine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allgemeine" is [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allgemeine" come from?
"allgemeine" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.