iatrogen
German, adjective/i̯atʁoˈɡeːn/
iatrogen is a German adjective meaning “iatrogenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch ärztliche Maßnahmen entstanden oder verursacht”.
What does iatrogen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
iatrogenic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch ärztliche Maßnahmen entstanden oder verursacht
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 iatrogen
- iatrogener masculine nominative singular
- iatrogene feminine nominative singular
- iatrogenes neuter nominative singular
- iatrogenen genitive masculine singular
- iatrogenem dative masculine singular
- der iatrogene definite includes-article masculine
- die iatrogene definite feminine includes-article
- das iatrogene definite includes-article neuter
- die iatrogenen definite includes-article nominative
- des iatrogenen definite genitive includes-article
- der iatrogenen definite feminine genitive
- dem iatrogenen dative definite includes-article
- den iatrogenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iatrogen?
- /i̯atʁoˈɡeːn/
- [i̯atʁoˈɡeːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iatrogen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iatrogen in German?
iatrogen appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).