Antigen

[ˌantiˈɡeːn]

/[ˌantiˈɡeːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Antigen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,125 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,125
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stoff, meist Eiweiß, der im Körper die Bildung von spezifischen Antikörpern hervorruft

Corpus desk

Index DE-antigen · Antigen · German

Antigen · rank #55,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,125
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Anstiege

Nearest frequency peer: Anstiege (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Antigen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Antigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Antigen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAntigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌantiˈɡeːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Antigen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Antigenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Anstiege“ (#55,124), „Antrieben“ (#55,126), „anzupacken“ (#55,127). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Antigen“ bei #55,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Antigen is uncommon German at frequency #55,125 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌantiˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stoff, meist Eiweiß, der im Körper die Bildung von spezifischen Antikörpern hervorruft".

Antigen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Antigen, spelled A-N-T-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stoff, meist Eiweiß, der im Körper die Bildung von spezifischen Antikörpern hervorruft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Antigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In der Erforschung von Bakterien, Viren und Keimen sind die Laserzangen bereits in Ansätzen im Einsatz. Mit ihnen messen Immunologen, wie stark die Bindung zwischen einem Antikörper und einem Antigen ist.“
  2. „Beim Eindringen artfremden Eiweißes (Antigene) in das Blut werden in Plasmazellen des Knochenmarks und im lymphatischen Gewebe hochspezifische Abwehrstoffe (Antitoxine, Antikörper) gebildet und in das Blut abgegeben.“

Antonyms

Antikörper

This word in other languages

antigen(English)antígeno(Español)antigène(Français)antígeno(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Antigen"?
"Antigen" is spelled A-N-T-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌantiˈɡeːn].
What does "Antigen" mean?
As a noun, "Antigen" means: Stoff, meist Eiweiß, der im Körper die Bildung von spezifischen Antikörpern hervorruft
How do you pronounce "Antigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Antigen" is [ˌantiˈɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Antigen" come from?
"Antigen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Antigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list