androgyn
German, adjective/andʁoˈɡyːn/
androgyn is spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-Y-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Androgyn is a German adjective meaning “androgynous (possessing qualities of both sexes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliche und weibliche Eigenschaften in sich vereinigend”.
What does androgyn mean in English?
adjective
- 1
androgynous (possessing qualities of both sexes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. männliche und weibliche Eigenschaften in sich vereinigend 2. biologische Merkmale beider Geschlechter aufweisend; zweigeschlechtlich 3. zwittrig (Hermaphroditismus aufweisend), (scheinbar) zwitterhaft, sexuell nicht (einem Geschlecht) zuzuordnen, intersexuell, transsexuell 4. eine zwischen männlich und weiblich gemischte Geschlechtspräsentation aufweisend
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 androgyn
- androgyner masculine nominative singular
- androgyne feminine nominative singular
- androgynes neuter nominative singular
- androgynen genitive masculine singular
- androgynem dative masculine singular
- der androgyne definite includes-article masculine
- die androgyne definite feminine includes-article
- das androgyne definite includes-article neuter
- die androgynen definite includes-article nominative
- des androgynen definite genitive includes-article
- der androgynen definite feminine genitive
- dem androgynen dative definite includes-article
- den androgynen dative definite includes-article
- am androgynsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce androgyn?
- /andʁoˈɡyːn/
- [andʁoˈɡyːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to androgyn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is androgyn in German?
androgyn appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).