Amphiktyonie
German, noun[ˌamfɪktyoˈniː]
Amphiktyonie is spelled A-M-P-H-I-K-T-Y-O-N-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amphiktyonie is a German feminine noun meaning “amphictyony (a religious foundation or co-operative shared between ancient Greek city states)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kultischer Verbund von benachbarten Stämmen oder Staaten/Stadtstaaten mit einem gemeinsamen Heiligtum”.
What does Amphiktyonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamphictyony (a religious foundation or co-operative shared between ancient Greek city states)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kultischer Verbund von benachbarten Stämmen oder Staaten/Stadtstaaten mit einem gemeinsamen Heiligtum
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 Amphiktyonie
- Amphiktyonien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amphiktyonie?
- [ˌamfɪktyoˈniː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Amphiktyonie in German?
Amphiktyonie appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).