heterogen
German, adjective/hetəroˈɡeːn/
heterogen is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterogen is a German adjective meaning “heterogeneous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “uneinheitlich, aus Ungleichartigem zusammengesetzt”.
What does heterogen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heterogeneous
eine sehr heterogene Gruppe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. uneinheitlich, aus Ungleichartigem zusammengesetzt 2. einer anderen Gattung angehörend
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 heterogen
- heterogener masculine nominative singular
- am heterogensten superlative
- heterogene feminine nominative singular
- heterogenes neuter nominative singular
- heterogenen genitive masculine singular
- heterogenem dative masculine singular
- der heterogene definite includes-article masculine
- die heterogene definite feminine includes-article
- das heterogene definite includes-article neuter
- die heterogenen definite includes-article nominative
- des heterogenen definite genitive includes-article
- der heterogenen definite feminine genitive
- dem heterogenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heterogen?
- /hetəroˈɡeːn/
- [ˌheː.tə.ʁoˈɡeːn]
- [ˌhɛ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heterogen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heterogen in German?
heterogen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).