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Alltag

German, noun/ˈaltaːk/

Alltag is spelled A-L-L-T-A-G (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alltag is a German masculine noun meaning “everyday life, daily routine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gleichförmiger, sich wiederholender Lebensrhythmus”.

What does Alltag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineeveryday life, daily routine

    Im Alltag habe ich mit Vorurteilen zu kämpfen.

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. gleichförmiger, sich wiederholender Lebensrhythmus

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 Alltag

  • Alltages genitive
  • Alltags genitive
  • Alltage dative singular
  • Alltagen dative plural

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

How do you pronounce Alltag?

  • /ˈaltaːk/
  • [ˈʔaltʰaːkʰ]
  • /ˈaltaːɡ/

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

English words that translate to Alltag

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

How common is Alltag in German?

Alltag appears 32 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).

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