Alken
[alˈkeːn]
The verdict
“Alken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungesättigter, nicht-ringförmiger Kohlenwasserstoff mit einer Doppelbindung
Corpus desk
Index DE-alken · Alken · German
Alken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈkeːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈkeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ungesättigter, nicht-ringförmiger Kohlenwasserstoff mit einer Doppelbindung".
Alken has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Alken, spelled A-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1ungesättigter, nicht-ringförmiger Kohlenwasserstoff mit einer Doppelbindung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alkene sind ungesättigte Verbindungen im Gegensatz zu den Alkanen, bei denen alle Valenzen des Kohlenstoffatoms abgedeckt (gesättigt) sind.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.