gleichaltrig
German, adjective/ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌʔaltʁɪç/
gleichaltrig is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-A-L-T-R-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleichaltrig is a German adjective meaning “alternative form of gleichalterig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im gleichen, übereinstimmenden Alter stehend (Altersgenossen)”.
What does gleichaltrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of gleichalterig
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im gleichen, übereinstimmenden Alter stehend (Altersgenossen)
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 gleichaltrig
- gleichaltriger masculine nominative singular
- gleichaltrige feminine nominative singular
- gleichaltriges neuter nominative singular
- gleichaltrigen genitive masculine singular
- gleichaltrigem dative masculine singular
- der gleichaltrige definite includes-article masculine
- die gleichaltrige definite feminine includes-article
- das gleichaltrige definite includes-article neuter
- die gleichaltrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gleichaltrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gleichaltrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gleichaltrigen dative definite includes-article
- den gleichaltrigen dative definite includes-article
- gleichalterig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gleichaltrig?
- /ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌʔaltʁɪç/
- /ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌʔaltʁɪk/
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌʔaltʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gleichaltrig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gleichaltrig in German?
gleichaltrig appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).