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English
Noun
autochthone (plural autochthones)
- (uncommon) Alternative form of autochthon
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 112 footnote:"The Arab al-Arabá" (or al-Aribah, or al-Urubíyat) are the autochthones, pre-historic, proto-historic and extinct tribes.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
autochthone
- inflection of autochthon:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular