wechselständig
German, adjective/ˈvɛksəlˌʃtɛndɪç/
wechselständig is spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wechselständig is a German adjective meaning “alternate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einzeln an den Knoten der Sprossachse stehend”.
What does wechselständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternate
Viele Baumarten haben eine wechselständige Blattstellung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einzeln an den Knoten der Sprossachse stehend
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 wechselständig
- wechselständiger masculine nominative singular
- wechselständige feminine nominative singular
- wechselständiges neuter nominative singular
- wechselständigen genitive masculine singular
- wechselständigem dative masculine singular
- der wechselständige definite includes-article masculine
- die wechselständige definite feminine includes-article
- das wechselständige definite includes-article neuter
- die wechselständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wechselständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wechselständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wechselständigen dative definite includes-article
- den wechselständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wechselständig?
- /ˈvɛksəlˌʃtɛndɪç/
- /ˈvɛksəlˌʃtɛndɪk/
- [ˈvɛksl̩ˌʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wechselständig in German?
wechselständig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).