altgriechisch
German, adjective/ˈaltˌɡʁiːçɪʃ/
altgriechisch is spelled A-L-T-G-R-I-E-C-H-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altgriechisch is a German adjective meaning “ancient Greek (related to Ancient Greece or the ancient Greek peoples)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Altgriechische betreffend”.
What does altgriechisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ancient Greek (related to Ancient Greece or the ancient Greek peoples)
- 2
Ancient Greek (related to the Ancient Greek language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. das Altgriechische betreffend 2. das antike Griechenland betreffend
noun: 1. die antike Sprachstufe der griechischen Sprache, die ungefähr zwischen dem 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr. und dem 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. gesprochen wurde
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 altgriechisch
- altgriechischer masculine nominative singular
- altgriechische feminine nominative singular
- altgriechisches neuter nominative singular
- altgriechischen genitive masculine singular
- altgriechischem dative masculine singular
- der altgriechische definite includes-article masculine
- die altgriechische definite feminine includes-article
- das altgriechische definite includes-article neuter
- die altgriechischen definite includes-article nominative
- des altgriechischen definite genitive includes-article
- der altgriechischen definite feminine genitive
- dem altgriechischen dative definite includes-article
- den altgriechischen dative definite includes-article
- agr. abbreviation
- altgr. abbreviation
- altgriech. abbreviation
- Altgr. abbreviation
- Altgriech. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altgriechisch?
- /ˈaltˌɡʁiːçɪʃ/
- [ˈaltˌɡʁiːçɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altgriechisch in German?
altgriechisch 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).