arkan
German, adjective[aʁˈkaːn]
arkan is spelled A-R-K-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arkan is a German adjective meaning “arcane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur für Eingeweihte zugänglich oder verständlich”.
What does arkan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
arcane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur für Eingeweihte zugänglich oder verständlich
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 arkan
- arkaner masculine nominative singular
- arkane feminine nominative singular
- arkanes neuter nominative singular
- arkanen genitive masculine singular
- arkanem dative masculine singular
- der arkane definite includes-article masculine
- die arkane definite feminine includes-article
- das arkane definite includes-article neuter
- die arkanen definite includes-article nominative
- des arkanen definite genitive includes-article
- der arkanen definite feminine genitive
- dem arkanen dative definite includes-article
- den arkanen dative definite includes-article
- arcan obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arkan?
- [aʁˈkaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arkan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arkan in German?
arkan appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).