Allophon
German, noun/aloˈfoːn/
Allophon is spelled A-L-L-O-P-H-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allophon is a German neuter noun meaning “allophone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Variante eines Phonems (langue)”.
What does Allophon mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterallophone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante eines Phonems (langue)
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 Allophon
- Allophons genitive
- Allophone plural
- Allophonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Allophon?
- /aloˈfoːn/
- [aloˈfoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Allophon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Allophon in German?
Allophon appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).