autonom
German, adjective/aʊ̯toˈnoːm/
autonom is spelled A-U-T-O-N-O-M (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autonom is a German adjective meaning “autonomous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich eigene Gesetze gebend, nach eigenen Gesetzen lebend, verwaltungsmäßig selbstständig”.
What does autonom mean in English?
adjective
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autonomous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich eigene Gesetze gebend, nach eigenen Gesetzen lebend, verwaltungsmäßig selbstständig 2. frei von äußeren Einflüssen und/oder Regeln 3. sich auf die Autonomen beziehend, von den Autonomen ausgehend, zu den Autonomen gehörend 4. für sich gesondert
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 autonom
- autonomer masculine nominative singular
- autonome feminine nominative singular
- autonomes neuter nominative singular
- autonomen genitive masculine singular
- autonomem dative masculine singular
- der autonome definite includes-article masculine
- die autonome definite feminine includes-article
- das autonome definite includes-article neuter
- die autonomen definite includes-article nominative
- des autonomen definite genitive includes-article
- der autonomen definite feminine genitive
- dem autonomen dative definite includes-article
- den autonomen dative definite includes-article
- autonomisch variant
- am autonomsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autonom?
- /aʊ̯toˈnoːm/
- [aʊ̯toˈnoːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autonom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autonom in German?
autonom appears 2.2 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).