allergen

See also: Allergen

English

Etymology

Syncopated compound of allergy +‎ -gen, coined on the model of pharmaceutical words such as pathogen and antigen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælə(ɹ)ˌd͡ʒɛn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

allergen (plural allergens)

1. (medicine) A substance which causes an allergic reaction.

   Pollen, dust, and spores are common allergens.

Derived terms

• aeroallergen
• allergenic
• allergenome
• allergome
• antiallergen
• glycoallergen
• hypoallergen
• isoallergen
• multiallergen
• neoallergen
• nonallergen
• panallergen
• photoallergen
• pneumoallergen
• superallergen

Translations

substance

• Asturian: alerxenu m
• Catalan: al·lergogen m, al·lergen m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變應原 / 变应原 (zh) (biànyìngyuán), 過敏原 / 过敏原 (zh) (guòmǐnyuán)

• Czech: alergen (cs) m
• Dutch: allergeen (nl) n
• Finnish: allergeeni (fi)
• French: allergène (fr) m
• Galician: alérxeno (gl) m
• German: Allergen (de) n
• Hungarian: allergén (hu)
• Icelandic: ofnæmisvaldur m, ofnæmisvaki m
• Indonesian: alergen (id)
• Irish: ailléirgin f
• Italian: allergene (it) m
• Japanese: アレルゲン (ja) (arerugen)
• Māori: matū whakapāwera
• Polish: alergen (pl) m
• Portuguese: alérgeno m
• Romanian: alergen (ro) n
• Russian: аллерге́н (ru) m (allergén)
• Spanish: alérgeno (es) m
• Swedish: allergen (sv) c, allergiframkallande ämne n
• Ukrainian: алерге́н (uk) m (alerhén)

Anagrams

• Greenall, generall

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

allergen (strong nominative masculine singular allergener, not comparable)

1. allergenic

Declension

Positive forms of allergen (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist allergen	sie ist allergen	es ist allergen	sie sind allergen
strong declension (without article)	nominative	allergener	allergene	allergenes	allergene
	genitive	allergenen	allergener	allergenen	allergener
	dative	allergenem	allergener	allergenem	allergenen
	accusative	allergenen	allergene	allergenes	allergene
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der allergene	die allergene	das allergene	die allergenen
	genitive	des allergenen	der allergenen	des allergenen	der allergenen
	dative	dem allergenen	der allergenen	dem allergenen	den allergenen
	accusative	den allergenen	die allergene	das allergene	die allergenen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein allergener	eine allergene	ein allergenes	(keine) allergenen
	genitive	eines allergenen	einer allergenen	eines allergenen	(keiner) allergenen
	dative	einem allergenen	einer allergenen	einem allergenen	(keinen) allergenen
	accusative	einen allergenen	eine allergene	ein allergenes	(keine) allergenen

Swedish

Adjective

allergen (not comparable)

1. allergenic

   Synonym: allergiframkallande

Declension

Inflection of allergen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	allergen	—	—
neuter singular	allergent	—	—
plural	allergena	—	—
masculine plural2	allergene	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	allergene	—	—
all	allergena	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

allergen c

1. an allergen

Declension

Declension of allergen

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	allergen	allergens
	definite	allergenen	allergenens
plural	indefinite	allergener	allergeners
	definite	allergenerna	allergenernas

Related terms

• allergi
• allergisk
• allergiker

References

• “allergen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “allergen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH