Acetyl
German, noun[at͡seˈtyːl]
Acetyl is spelled A-C-E-T-Y-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acetyl is a German neuter noun meaning “acetyl group (-COCH₃; C₂H₃O)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “funktionale Gruppe der Essigsäure (Azetylsäure)”.
What does Acetyl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteracetyl group (-COCH₃; C₂H₃O)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funktionale Gruppe der Essigsäure (Azetylsäure)
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 Acetyl
- Acetyls genitive
- Azetyl alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Acetyl?
- [at͡seˈtyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Acetyl in German?
Acetyl appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).