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epigonal

German, adjective[epiɡoˈnaːl]

epigonal is spelled E-P-I-G-O-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epigonal is a German adjective meaning “epigonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nachahmend, nicht selbsterdacht”.

What does epigonal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    epigonic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nachahmend, nicht selbsterdacht 2. nachfolgend (von bedeutenden Dingen oder Personen nutznießend)

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 epigonal

  • epigonaler masculine nominative singular
  • am epigonalsten superlative
  • epigonale feminine nominative singular
  • epigonales neuter nominative singular
  • epigonalen genitive masculine singular
  • epigonalem dative masculine singular
  • der epigonale definite includes-article masculine
  • die epigonale definite feminine includes-article
  • das epigonale definite includes-article neuter
  • die epigonalen definite includes-article nominative
  • des epigonalen definite genitive includes-article
  • der epigonalen definite feminine genitive
  • dem epigonalen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce epigonal?

  • [epiɡoˈnaːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is epigonal in German?

epigonal appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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