Atropin
[atʁoˈpiːn]
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
- Aspern
Aspern
24,628 corpus weight
- atomarer
atomarer
24,625 corpus weight
- Atropin
Atropin
24,624 corpus weight
- aufbleiben
aufbleiben
24,623 corpus weight
- aufgebe
aufgebe
24,622 corpus weight
- aufgeklärter
aufgeklärter
24,621 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Atropin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atropin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [atʁoˈpiːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Atropin“ im Deutschen
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
- 1hochgiftiges Alkaloid oder krampflösendes Arzneimittel, das in Nachtschattengewächsen, besonders in der Tollkirsche Atropa belladonna, vorkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Atropin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kinder haben Probleme mit den Augen, ich träufle ihnen alle vier Stunden Atropin in die Augen.“
„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.
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