alpiner

[alˈpiːnɐ]

/[alˈpiːnɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“alpiner” is uncommon German (frequency #95,229 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,229
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin

Corpus desk

Index DE-alpiner · alpiner · German

alpiner · rank #95,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,229
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alphons

Nearest frequency peer: Alphons (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „alpiner“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „alpiner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alpiner
PropertyValue
Headwordalpiner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[alˈpiːnɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „alpiner“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).alpinerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alphons“ (#95,228), „Altarbild“ (#95,230), „Alphabete“ (#95,227). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „alpiner“ bei #95,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alpiner is uncommon German at frequency #95,229 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alˈpiːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alpiner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is alpiner, spelled A-L-P-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alpiner"?
"alpiner" is spelled A-L-P-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈpiːnɐ].
What does "alpiner" mean?
As an adjective, "alpiner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
How do you pronounce "alpiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alpiner" is [alˈpiːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alpiner" come from?
"alpiner" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alpiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alphons#95,228Alaskas#95,220anwuchs#95,256argento#95,268

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list