indigen
German, adjective/ɪndiˈɡeːn/
indigen is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigen is a German adjective meaning “indigenous, native” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem bestimmten Gebiet geboren, in einem bestimmten Gebiet beheimatet”.
What does indigen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indigenous, native
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem bestimmten Gebiet geboren, in einem bestimmten Gebiet beheimatet
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 indigen
- indigener masculine nominative singular
- am indigensten superlative uncommon
- indigene feminine nominative singular
- indigenes neuter nominative singular
- indigenen genitive masculine singular
- indigenem dative masculine singular
- der indigene definite includes-article masculine
- die indigene definite feminine includes-article
- das indigene definite includes-article neuter
- die indigenen definite includes-article nominative
- des indigenen definite genitive includes-article
- der indigenen definite feminine genitive
- dem indigenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indigen?
- /ɪndiˈɡeːn/
- [ɪndiˈɡeːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indigen in German?
indigen appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).