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Kognition

German, noun/ˌkɔɡniˈt͡si̯oːn/

Kognition is spelled K-O-G-N-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kognition is a German feminine noun meaning “cognition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wahrnehmung, Rezeption, Erkennen”.

What does Kognition mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecognition

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wahrnehmung, Rezeption, Erkennen 2. mentale Prozesse oder Strukturen eines Individuums

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 Kognition

  • Kognitionen plural
  • Cognition alternative

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

How do you pronounce Kognition?

  • /ˌkɔɡniˈt͡si̯oːn/
  • [ˌkɔɡniˈt͡si̯oːn]

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

English words that translate to Kognition

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

How common is Kognition in German?

Kognition 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).

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