alteingesessen
German, adjective[altˈʔaɪ̯nɡəzɛsn̩]
alteingesessen is spelled A-L-T-E-I-N-G-E-S-E-S-S-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alteingesessen is a German adjective meaning “long-established, indigenous, endemic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seit sehr langer Zeit ansässig, seit sehr langer Zeit an einem Ort wohnend”.
What does alteingesessen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
long-established, indigenous, endemic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. seit sehr langer Zeit ansässig, seit sehr langer Zeit an einem Ort wohnend
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 alteingesessen
- alteingesessener masculine nominative singular
- alteingesessene feminine nominative singular
- alteingesessenes neuter nominative singular
- alteingesessenen genitive masculine singular
- alteingesessenem dative masculine singular
- der alteingesessene definite includes-article masculine
- die alteingesessene definite feminine includes-article
- das alteingesessene definite includes-article neuter
- die alteingesessenen definite includes-article nominative
- des alteingesessenen definite genitive includes-article
- der alteingesessenen definite feminine genitive
- dem alteingesessenen dative definite includes-article
- den alteingesessenen dative definite includes-article
- alteingesessner positive nominative strong
- alteingesessne positive nominative strong
- alteingesessnes positive nominative strong
- alteingesessnen positive genitive strong
- alteingesessnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alteingesessen?
- [altˈʔaɪ̯nɡəzɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alteingesessen in German?
alteingesessen appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).