eigen
German, adjective
eigen is spelled E-I-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eigen is a German adjective meaning “own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eigen is a different word: “one’s own, possession”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder etwas zugehörig, jemandem selbst gehörend”.
What does eigen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary
suffix
- 1
own
noun
- 1
neuterone’s own, possession
- 2
archaicneuterreal estate, property
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemandem oder etwas zugehörig, jemandem selbst gehörend 2. abweichend von anderen, auffällig
noun: 1. das, was jemandem gehört
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 eigen
- eigener masculine nominative singular
- eigner masculine nominative singular
- am eigensten rare superlative
- eigene feminine nominative singular
- eigne feminine nominative singular
- eigenes neuter nominative singular
- eignes neuter nominative singular
- eigenen genitive masculine singular
- eignen genitive masculine singular
- eigenem dative masculine singular
- eignem dative masculine singular
- eig. abbreviation
- Eigens genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eigen in German?
eigen appears 7.6 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).