Anilin
[aniˈliːn]
The verdict
“Anilin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farbloser, ölig-flüssiger Reinstoff, der in der Arzneimittel-, Farb- und Kunststoffproduktion von Bedeutung ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-anilin · Anilin · German
Anilin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Anilin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aniˈliːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anilin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anilin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aniˈliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloser, ölig-flüssiger Reinstoff, der in der Arzneimittel-, Farb- und Kunststoffproduktion von Bedeutung ist".
Anilin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Anilin, spelled A-N-I-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1farbloser, ölig-flüssiger Reinstoff, der in der Arzneimittel-, Farb- und Kunststoffproduktion von Bedeutung ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anilin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Der Deutsche kommt von seinen Universitäten, wie er einst aus seinen Wäldern getreten ist.‘ Radiographie und Präzisionsmaschinen und chemische Fabriken und Anilin und Diesel-Motoren — aber für den Franzosen haftet dem Deutschen etwas von einer ‚brute‘ an — einem unbehauenen Stamm.“
„Ich wußte sehr wenig über die Eigenschaften des Anilins; aber es war zu spät, darüber nachzudenken.“
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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.