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sogen.

German, adjective

sogen. is spelled S-O-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sogen. is a German adjective meaning “abbreviation of sogenannt (“so-called”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, sögen is a different word: “first-person plural subjunctive II of saugen”. On this page, sogen is a different word: “first/third-person plural preterite of saugen”. On this page, Sogen is a different word: “dative plural of Sog”.

What does sogen. mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    abbreviation of sogenannt (“so-called”)

verb

as sögen
  1. 1

    first-person plural subjunctive II of saugen

verb

as sogen
  1. 1

    first/third-person plural preterite of saugen

noun

as Sogen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Sog

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

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. sogenannt

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 sogen. in German?

sogen. appears about once in every 3 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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