Alzheimer
German, noun/ˈaltshaɪ̯mər/
Alzheimer is spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alzheimer is a German masculine noun meaning “Alzheimer's disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Alzheimerkrankheit”.
What does Alzheimer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterAlzheimer's disease
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alzheimerkrankheit
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 Alzheimer
- Alzheimers genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alzheimer?
- /ˈaltshaɪ̯mər/
- [ˈʔalt͡sˌhaɪ̯.mɐ]
- [ˈʔal.t͡saɪ̯.mɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alzheimer in German?
Alzheimer 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).