extern
German, adjective/ɛksˈtɛʁn/
extern is spelled E-X-T-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extern is a German adjective meaning “external” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “außerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems”.
What does extern mean in English?
adjective
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external
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. außerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems
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 extern
- externer masculine nominative singular
- externe feminine nominative singular
- externes neuter nominative singular
- externen genitive masculine singular
- externem dative masculine singular
- der externe definite includes-article masculine
- die externe definite feminine includes-article
- das externe definite includes-article neuter
- die externen definite includes-article nominative
- des externen definite genitive includes-article
- der externen definite feminine genitive
- dem externen dative definite includes-article
- den externen dative definite includes-article
- am externsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extern?
- /ɛksˈtɛʁn/
- [ˌɛksˈtɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extern in German?
extern appears 1.7 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).