Alpenrose
[ˈalpənˌʁoːzə]
The verdict
“Alpenrose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trivialbezeichnung für zwei in den Alpen vorkommende, kleinwüchsige Rhododendron-Arten
Corpus desk
Index DE-alpenrose · Alpenrose · German
Alpenrose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alpenrose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalpənˌʁoːzə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alpenrose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alpenrose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈalpənˌʁoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trivialbezeichnung für zwei in den Alpen vorkommende, kleinwüchsige Rhododendron-Arten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alpenrose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Alpenrose, spelled A-L-P-E-N-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Trivialbezeichnung für zwei in den Alpen vorkommende, kleinwüchsige Rhododendron-Arten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alpenrose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wo die Alpenrosen blühn, dahin, dahin möcht ich ziehn. (Volkslied)
Die Alpenrose gehört zu den bekanntesten Alpenpflanzen.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.