Moderne
German, noun
Moderne is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E (7 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moderne is a German feminine noun meaning “modernity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, moderne is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistesgeschichtliche, ökonomische und politische Veränderung gegenüber der Tradition”.
What does Moderne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodernity
- 2
femininemodernism
- 3
femininethe modern era
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geistesgeschichtliche, ökonomische und politische Veränderung gegenüber der Tradition 2. eine Epoche ab Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts 3. die gegenwärtige Zeit und ihre Weltanschauung; der moderne Zeitgeist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is Moderne in German?
Moderne appears 49 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).