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innen

German, adverb/ˈɪnən/

innen is spelled I-N-N-E-N (5 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written German, the 1,596th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Innen is a German adverb meaning “within” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an/auf der inneren Seite; im Innern”.

What does innen mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    within

  2. 2

    inside

prefix

as innen-
  1. 1

    internal, inside

suffix

as -innen
  1. 1

    plural of -in

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

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. an/auf der inneren Seite; im Innern

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 innen

  • inn. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce innen?

  • /ˈɪnən/
  • [ˈʔɪnən]
  • [ˈʔɪnɛn]

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

English words that translate to innen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is innen in German?

innen appears 54 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).

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