Antike
German, noun
Antike is spelled A-N-T-I-K-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antike is a German feminine noun meaning “antiquity, ancient world, ancient times (the period of the Greeks and Romans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, antike is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Zeit des klassischen griechisch-römischen Altertums von etwa 1200 v. Chr. bis 600 n. Chr”.
What does Antike mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineantiquity, ancient world, ancient times (the period of the Greeks and Romans)
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Zeit des klassischen griechisch-römischen Altertums von etwa 1200 v. Chr. bis 600 n. Chr. 2. Kunstwerke aus der Antike
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 Antike
- Antiken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Antike
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Antike in German?
Antike 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).