Autopoiesis
German, noun/aʊ̯toˈpɔɪ̯ezɪs/
Autopoiesis is spelled A-U-T-O-P-O-I-E-S-I-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autopoiesis is a German feminine noun meaning “autopoiesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Selbstreproduktion, Selbstreferenz, die Fähigkeit eines Systems, sich selbst erhalten, wandeln und erneuern…”.
What does Autopoiesis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineautopoiesis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selbstreproduktion, Selbstreferenz, die Fähigkeit eines Systems, sich selbst erhalten, wandeln und erneuern zu können
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 Autopoiesis
- Autopoiese alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Autopoiesis?
- /aʊ̯toˈpɔɪ̯ezɪs/
- [aʊ̯toˈpɔɪ̯ezɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Autopoiesis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Autopoiesis in German?
Autopoiesis appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).