Alphabet
German, noun/al.faˈbeːt/
Alphabet is spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alphabet is a German neuter noun meaning “alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geordnete Menge der in einer Schriftsprache verwendeten Buchstaben”.
What does Alphabet mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteralphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geordnete Menge der in einer Schriftsprache verwendeten Buchstaben 2. eine endliche, nichtleere Menge von unterscheidbaren Symbolen (Zeichen) als Voraussetzung einer formalen Sprache 3. eine Folge von 23 Druckbogen
noun: 1. (männliche) Person, die lesen und schreiben kann
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 Alphabet
- Alphabetes genitive
- Alphabets genitive
- Alphabete plural
- Alphabeten dative definite plural
- Alfabet alternative rare
- Alphabeth alternative obsolete
- [2] Σ, V symbol
- Alphabetin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alphabet?
- /al.faˈbeːt/
- [ʔal.faˈbeːt]
- [alfaˈbeːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alphabet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alphabet in German?
Alphabet appears 3.6 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).