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Acetonitril

German, noun[at͡setoniˈtʁiːl]

Acetonitril is spelled A-C-E-T-O-N-I-T-R-I-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acetonitril is a German neuter noun meaning “acetonitrile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “flüssiger und giftiger Stoff; einfachstes aliphatisches Nitril”.

What does Acetonitril mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuteracetonitrile

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. flüssiger und giftiger Stoff; einfachstes aliphatisches Nitril

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 Acetonitril

  • Acetonitrils genitive
  • Acetonitrile nominative plural
  • Acetonitrilen dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Acetonitril?

  • [at͡setoniˈtʁiːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Acetonitril

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Acetonitril in German?

Acetonitril appears about once in every 20 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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