Intelligenz

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intelligentia (“intelligence”), a variant of intellegentia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Intelligenz f (genitive Intelligenz, plural Intelligenzen)

1. intelligence (capacity of mind)

Usage notes

The uncommon plural of this word refers to intelligent life (e.g. außerirdische Intelligenzen), although this sense is becoming dated.

Declension

Declension of Intelligenz [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Intelligenz	die	Intelligenzen
genitive	einer	der	Intelligenz	der	Intelligenzen
dative	einer	der	Intelligenz	den	Intelligenzen
accusative	eine	die	Intelligenz	die	Intelligenzen

Further reading

• “Intelligenz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Intelligenz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Intelligenz” in Duden online
• Intelligenz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de