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kriminogen

German, adjective/kʁiminoˈɡeːn/

kriminogen is a German adjective meaning “criminogenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kriminalität fördernd, (lateinisch-griechisch) Kriminalität auslösend, zu kriminellem Verhalten anstiftend”.

What does kriminogen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    criminogenic

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Kriminalität fördernd, (lateinisch-griechisch) Kriminalität auslösend, zu kriminellem Verhalten anstiftend

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 kriminogen

  • kriminogener masculine nominative singular
  • kriminogene feminine nominative singular
  • kriminogenes neuter nominative singular
  • kriminogenen genitive masculine singular
  • kriminogenem dative masculine singular
  • der kriminogene definite includes-article masculine
  • die kriminogene definite feminine includes-article
  • das kriminogene definite includes-article neuter
  • die kriminogenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des kriminogenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der kriminogenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem kriminogenen dative definite includes-article
  • den kriminogenen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce kriminogen?

  • /kʁiminoˈɡeːn/
  • [kʁiminoˈɡeːn]

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

English words that translate to kriminogen

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