Ameisensäure
German, noun/ˈʔaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌzɔɪ̯ʁə/
Ameisensäure is spelled A-M-E-I-S-E-N-S-Ä-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ameisensäure is a German feminine noun meaning “formic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblose, stechend riechende organische Säure”.
What does Ameisensäure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineformic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farblose, stechend riechende organische Säure
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 Ameisensäure
- [1] Summenformel: CH₂O₂ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: H–COOH abbreviation
- E 236 abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ameisensäure?
- /ˈʔaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌzɔɪ̯ʁə/
- /ˈʔaːmaɪ̯zənˌzɔɪ̯ʁə/
- [ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ameisensäure in German?
Ameisensäure 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).