Acrolein
German, noun[akʁoleˈiːn]
Acrolein is spelled A-C-R-O-L-E-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acrolein is a German neuter noun meaning “acrolein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “giftige Flüssigkeit mit reizenden Dämpfen; Summenformel C₃H₄O, Gruppenformel CH₂=CH–CHO”.
What does Acrolein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteracrolein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. giftige Flüssigkeit mit reizenden Dämpfen; Summenformel C₃H₄O, Gruppenformel CH₂=CH–CHO
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 Acrolein
- Acroleins genitive
- Akrolein alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Acrolein?
- [akʁoleˈiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Acrolein in German?
Acrolein appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).