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Äthanol

German, noun[ˌɛtaˈnoːl]

Äthanol is spelled Ä-T-H-A-N-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Äthanol is a German neuter noun meaning “dated form of Ethanol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “legale Droge in vielen Getränken und Arzneien; Alkohol mit der Summenformel C₂H₅OH”.

What does Äthanol mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedneuterdated form of Ethanol

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. legale Droge in vielen Getränken und Arzneien; Alkohol mit der Summenformel C₂H₅OH

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 Äthanol

  • Äthanols genitive
  • Ethanol alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Äthanol?

  • [ˌɛtaˈnoːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Äthanol

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Äthanol in German?

Äthanol appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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