albern

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German alwære, from Old High German alawāri (friendly, good-natured). The final -n is an original case ending that was added to the stem in German Low German territory (compare schüchtern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalbərn/, [ˈʔalbɐn], [ˈʔälb̥ɐn] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "most of Germany, some of Austria" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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  • IPA(key): /ˈalbərn/, [ˈʔɑlb̥ərn], [ˈʔälb̥ərn], [ˈʔälb̥ɛrn] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Switzerland, some of Austria" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Adjective

albern (comparative alberner, superlative am albernsten)

  1. goofy

Declension

Template:de-decl-adj

Derived terms