Allgemeinwissen
German, noun[alɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌvɪsn̩]
Allgemeinwissen is spelled A-L-L-G-E-M-E-I-N-W-I-S-S-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allgemeinwissen is a German neuter noun meaning “general knowledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vielseitiges, nicht fachspezifisches Grundwissen (, das sich jeder Mensch aneignen sollte)”.
What does Allgemeinwissen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergeneral knowledge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vielseitiges, nicht fachspezifisches Grundwissen (, das sich jeder Mensch aneignen sollte)
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 Allgemeinwissen
- Allgemeinwissens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Allgemeinwissen?
- [alɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌvɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Allgemeinwissen in German?
Allgemeinwissen 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).