alternierend

[ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]

/[ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]/ adj

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The verdict

“alternierend” is uncommon German (frequency #99,449 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,449
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abwechselnd, wechselnd

Corpus desk

Index DE-alternierend · alternierend · German

alternierend · rank #99,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,449
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alts

Nearest frequency peer: Alts (+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 „alternierend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alternierend
PropertyValue
Headwordalternierend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „alternierend“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alts“ (#99,450), „allowed“ (#99,447), „altägyptischen“ (#99,451). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „alternierend“ bei #99,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alternierend is uncommon German at frequency #99,449 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

alternierend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is alternierend, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    abwechselnd, wechselnd
  2. 2
    mit von Glied zu Glied wechselndem Vorzeichen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how alternierend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine Frau und ich bringen die Kinder alternierend in den Kindergarten.
  2. Die Reihe 1/1-1/2+1/3-1/4+… heißt alternierende harmonische Reihe, sie konvergiert — allerdings sehr langsam — gegen log (2),.

Synonyms

abwechselndwechselnd

Antonyms

sequentiellnacheinander

This word in other languages

alternating(English)alterno(Español)alternant(Français)

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 "alternierend"?
"alternierend" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt].
What does "alternierend" mean?
As an adjective, "alternierend" means: abwechselnd, wechselnd
How do you pronounce "alternierend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alternierend" is [ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alternierend" come from?
"alternierend" 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 "alternierend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anbaugebiete#99,456Abblendlicht#99,414Überschüssen#99,407zwiespältige#99,397

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list