analog
German, adjective/anaˈloːk/
analog is spelled A-N-A-L-O-G (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Analog is a German adjective meaning “analogous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch sinngemäßes Übertragen vergleichbar”.
What does analog mean in English?
adjective
- 1
analogous
- 2
analog
- 3
colloquialanalog, material (not electronic or computerised)
Ich lese lieber ein anfassbares, analoges Buch als ein E-Book.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch sinngemäßes Übertragen vergleichbar 2. stufenlos, kontinuierlich; nicht digital 3. physisch (dinglich) vorhanden statt virtuell oder elektronisch dargestellt
preposition: 1. in Übereinstimmung mit
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 analog
- analoger masculine nominative singular
- analoge feminine nominative singular
- analoges neuter nominative singular
- analogen genitive masculine singular
- analogem dative masculine singular
- der analoge definite includes-article masculine
- die analoge definite feminine includes-article
- das analoge definite includes-article neuter
- die analogen definite includes-article nominative
- des analogen definite genitive includes-article
- der analogen definite feminine genitive
- dem analogen dative definite includes-article
- den analogen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce analog?
- /anaˈloːk/
- [anaˈloːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to analog
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is analog in German?
analog appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).