intern
German, adjective/ɪnˈtɛʁn/
intern is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intern is a German adjective meaning “internal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “innerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems”.
What does intern mean in English?
adjective
- 1
internal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. international 2. internieren, interniert
adjective: 1. innerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems
suffix: 1. definiert als Bestandteil eines Kompositums, dass das Bezeichnete innerhalb eines bestimmten implizit mitdefinierten Bezugsystems ist oder stattfindet.
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 intern
- interner masculine nominative singular
- interne feminine nominative singular
- internes neuter nominative singular
- internen genitive masculine singular
- internem dative masculine singular
- der interne definite includes-article masculine
- die interne definite feminine includes-article
- das interne definite includes-article neuter
- die internen definite includes-article nominative
- des internen definite genitive includes-article
- der internen definite feminine genitive
- dem internen dative definite includes-article
- den internen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intern?
- /ɪnˈtɛʁn/
- [ɪnˈtɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intern in German?
intern appears 8.3 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).