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Kokon

German, noun/koˈkɔ̃/

Kokon is spelled K-O-K-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kokon is a German masculine noun meaning “cocoon (protective shell of a pupa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schutzhülle eines Insekts, einer Spinne oder eines Wurms während des Übergangs zwischen Entwicklungsstadien”.

What does Kokon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecocoon (protective shell of a pupa)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Schutzhülle eines Insekts, einer Spinne oder eines Wurms während des Übergangs zwischen Entwicklungsstadien

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 Kokon

  • Kokons genitive
  • Kokone plural
  • Kokonen dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Kokon?

  • /koˈkɔ̃/
  • [koˈkɔ̃ː]
  • [-ˈkɔŋ]

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

English words that translate to Kokon

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

How common is Kokon in German?

Kokon appears about once in every 1 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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