telegen
German, adjective/teleˈɡeːn/
telegen is a German adjective meaning “telegenic (having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wirkungsvoll im Fernsehen”.
What does telegen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
telegenic (having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wirkungsvoll im Fernsehen
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 telegen
- telegener masculine nominative singular
- am telegensten superlative
- telegene feminine nominative singular
- telegenes neuter nominative singular
- telegenen genitive masculine singular
- telegenem dative masculine singular
- der telegene definite includes-article masculine
- die telegene definite feminine includes-article
- das telegene definite includes-article neuter
- die telegenen definite includes-article nominative
- des telegenen definite genitive includes-article
- der telegenen definite feminine genitive
- dem telegenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telegen?
- /teleˈɡeːn/
- [teleˈɡeːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to telegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telegen in German?
telegen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).