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allochthon

German, adjective[alɔxˈtoːn]

allochthon is spelled A-L-L-O-C-H-T-H-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allochthon is a German adjective meaning “allochthonous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an anderer Stelle entstanden”.

What does allochthon mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    allochthonous

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. an anderer Stelle entstanden

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 allochthon

  • allochthoner masculine nominative singular
  • allochthone feminine nominative singular
  • allochthones neuter nominative singular
  • allochthonen genitive masculine singular
  • allochthonem dative masculine singular
  • der allochthone definite includes-article masculine
  • die allochthone definite feminine includes-article
  • das allochthone definite includes-article neuter
  • die allochthonen definite includes-article nominative
  • des allochthonen definite genitive includes-article
  • der allochthonen definite feminine genitive
  • dem allochthonen dative definite includes-article
  • den allochthonen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce allochthon?

  • [alɔxˈtoːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to allochthon

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is allochthon in German?

allochthon appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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