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ontogenetisch

German, adjective/ɔntoɡeˈneːtɪʃ/

ontogenetisch is spelled O-N-T-O-G-E-N-E-T-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ontogenetisch is a German adjective meaning “ontogenetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Entwicklung des Individuums betreffend”.

What does ontogenetisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ontogenetic

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Entwicklung des Individuums betreffend

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 ontogenetisch

  • ontogenetischer masculine nominative singular
  • ontogenetische feminine nominative singular
  • ontogenetisches neuter nominative singular
  • ontogenetischen genitive masculine singular
  • ontogenetischem dative masculine singular
  • der ontogenetische definite includes-article masculine
  • die ontogenetische definite feminine includes-article
  • das ontogenetische definite includes-article neuter
  • die ontogenetischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ontogenetischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ontogenetischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ontogenetischen dative definite includes-article
  • den ontogenetischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce ontogenetisch?

  • /ɔntoɡeˈneːtɪʃ/
  • [ɔntoɡeˈneːtɪʃ]

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

How common is ontogenetisch in German?

ontogenetisch appears about once in every 68 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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