Agon
German, noun/aˈɡoːn/
Agon is spelled A-G-O-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agon is a German masculine noun meaning “agon (struggle or contest; test of will; contest in Ancient Greece)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sportlicher oder geistiger/musischer Wettstreit im antiken Griechenland, besonders im Rahmen von Festspielen”.
What does Agon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagon (struggle or contest; test of will; contest in Ancient Greece)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sportlicher oder geistiger/musischer Wettstreit im antiken Griechenland, besonders im Rahmen von Festspielen 2. fester Bestandteil der altgriechischen Komödie, ein Streitgespräch
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 Agon
- Agons genitive
- Agone plural
- Agonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Agon?
- /aˈɡoːn/
- [aˈɡoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Agon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Agon in German?
Agon appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).