alternierend
German, adjective[ʔaltɐˈniːɐ̯nt]
alternierend is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternierend is a German adjective meaning “alternating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of alternieren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “abwechselnd, wechselnd”.
What does alternierend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternating
verb
- 1
present participle of alternieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. abwechselnd, wechselnd 2. mit von Glied zu Glied wechselndem Vorzeichen
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 alternierend
- alternierender masculine nominative singular
- alternierende feminine nominative singular
- alternierendes neuter nominative singular
- alternierenden genitive masculine singular
- alternierendem dative masculine singular
- der alternierende definite includes-article masculine
- die alternierende definite feminine includes-article
- das alternierende definite includes-article neuter
- die alternierenden definite includes-article nominative
- des alternierenden definite genitive includes-article
- der alternierenden definite feminine genitive
- dem alternierenden dative definite includes-article
- den alternierenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternierend?
- [ʔaltɐˈniːɐ̯nt]
- [ʔaltɐˈniːʁənt]
- [ˌaltɛʁˈniːʁənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternierend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternierend in German?
alternierend appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).