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mongoloid

German, adjective/ˌmɔŋɡoloˈʔiːt/

mongoloid is spelled M-O-N-G-O-L-O-I-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mongoloid is a German adjective meaning “affected by the Down syndrome; mongoloid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an Trisomie 21 (Downsyndrom, Mongolismus) leidend”.

What does mongoloid mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    datedaffected by the Down syndrome; mongoloid

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. an Trisomie 21 (Downsyndrom, Mongolismus) leidend

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 mongoloid

  • mongoloider masculine nominative singular
  • mongoloide positive nominative strong
  • mongoloides positive nominative strong
  • mongoloiden positive genitive strong
  • mongoloidem positive dative strong

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

How do you pronounce mongoloid?

  • /ˌmɔŋɡoloˈʔiːt/
  • [ˌmɔŋɡoloˈiːt]

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

How common is mongoloid in German?

mongoloid appears about once in every 40 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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