Atropin

[atʁoˈpiːn]

/[atʁoˈpiːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Atropin” is uncommon German (frequency #75,377 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,377
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochgiftiges Alkaloid oder krampflösendes Arzneimittel, das in Nachtschattengewächsen, besonders in der Tollkirsche Atropa belladonna, vorkommt

Corpus desk

Index DE-atropin · Atropin · German

Atropin · rank #75,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,377
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH atomarer

Nearest frequency peer: atomarer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Atropin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Atropin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Atropin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAtropin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[atʁoˈpiːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Atropin“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Atropinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „atomarer“ (#75,376), „aufbleiben“ (#75,378), „aufgebe“ (#75,379). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Atropin“ bei #75,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Atropin is uncommon German at frequency #75,377 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [atʁoˈpiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hochgiftiges Alkaloid oder krampflösendes Arzneimittel, das in Nachtschattengewächsen, besonders in der Tollkirsche Atropa belladonna, vorkommt".

Atropin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Atropin, spelled A-T-R-O-P-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    hochgiftiges Alkaloid oder krampflösendes Arzneimittel, das in Nachtschattengewächsen, besonders in der Tollkirsche Atropa belladonna, vorkommt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Atropin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Kinder haben Probleme mit den Augen, ich träufle ihnen alle vier Stunden Atropin in die Augen.“
  2. „Ein altbekannter Antagonist an diesen Rezeptoren ist Atropin, das Gift der Tollkirsche.“

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Atropin"?
"Atropin" is spelled A-T-R-O-P-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [atʁoˈpiːn].
What does "Atropin" mean?
As a noun, "Atropin" means: hochgiftiges Alkaloid oder krampflösendes Arzneimittel, das in Nachtschattengewächsen, besonders in der Tollkirsche Atropa belladonna, vorkommt
How do you pronounce "Atropin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Atropin" is [atʁoˈpiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Atropin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Atropin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list