Äon
German, noun
Äon is spelled Ä-O-N (3 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Äon is a German masculine noun meaning “aeon, eon (exceedingly long period of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, aon. is a different word: “abbreviation of altostnordisch”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “höchstrangige Zeiteinheit in der Erdgeschichte, die mehrere hundert Millionen bis über eine Milliarde Jahre…”.
What does Äon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuteraeon, eon (exceedingly long period of time)
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of altostnordisch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. höchstrangige Zeiteinheit in der Erdgeschichte, die mehrere hundert Millionen bis über eine Milliarde Jahre umfasst 2. sehr langer, nach menschlichem Ermessen unüberschaubarer, unendlich erscheinender Zeitraum 3. Zeitabschnitt der Weltgeschichte, Zeitalter
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 Äon
- Äons genitive
- Äonen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Äon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Äon in German?
Äon 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).