Lexikon
German, noun/ˈlɛksikɔn/
Lexikon is spelled L-E-X-I-K-O-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lexikon is a German neuter noun meaning “reference book (a book, usually alphabetically ordered, in which definitions and facts can be looked up, such as an encyclopaedia…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alphabetisch geordnetes Nachschlagewerk”.
What does Lexikon mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterreference book (a book, usually alphabetically ordered, in which definitions and facts can be looked up, such as an encyclopaedia, dictionary, etc.)
(informal)
- 2
neuterlexicon (the vocabulary of a language, field, or individual person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alphabetisch geordnetes Nachschlagewerk 2. Nachschlagewerk für sprachliche Informationen 3. Wortschatz einer Sprache oder einer Varietät einer Sprache 4. wortmaterialer Teil des sprachlichen Wissens, im Unterschied zum kombinatorischen der Regeln
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 Lexikon
- Lexikons genitive
- Lexika plural
- Lexiken plural
- Lexikas plural
- Lexicon alternative archaic
- Lex. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lexikon?
- /ˈlɛksikɔn/
- [ˈlɛksikɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lexikon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lexikon in German?
Lexikon appears 6.2 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).