autochthone
German, adjective[aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]
autochthone is spelled A-U-T-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autochthone is a German feminine adjective meaning “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does autochthone mean in English?
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. Angehörige eines Volkes, das seit sehr langer Zeit in einem Gebiet lebt
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 autochthone
- Autochthoner masculine
- Autochthonen dative plural
- die Autochthone nominative singular
- die Autochthonen nominative plural
- der Autochthonen genitive singular
- den Autochthonen dative plural
- eine Autochthone nominative singular
- keine Autochthonen nominative plural
- einer Autochthonen genitive singular
- keiner Autochthonen genitive plural
- keinen Autochthonen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autochthone?
- [aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autochthone in German?
autochthone appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).