Alterns

[ˈaltɐns]

/[ˈaltɐns]/ noun

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The verdict

“Alterns” is uncommon German (frequency #87,378 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,378
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Altern

Corpus desk

Index DE-alterns · Alterns · German

Alterns · rank #87,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,378
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH allgemeinere

Nearest frequency peer: allgemeinere (-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 „Alterns“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alterns
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlterns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaltɐns]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alterns“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Alternsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „allgemeinere“ (#87,377), „Altertumswissenschaft“ (#87,379), „Allerheiligste“ (#87,376). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alterns“ bei #87,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alterns is uncommon German at frequency #87,378 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltɐns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Altern".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Alterns, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Alterns, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Altern

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 "Alterns"?
"Alterns" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaltɐns].
What does "Alterns" mean?
As a noun, "Alterns" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Altern
How do you pronounce "Alterns"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alterns" is [ˈaltɐns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alterns" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Altglas#87,380apricot#87,400Armreif#87,407Zwenkau#87,324

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list