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Auripigment

German, noun[aʊ̯ʁipɪˈɡmɛnt]

Auripigment is a German neuter noun meaning “orpiment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gelbes Mineral, das zur Herstellung von Arsen verwendet wird”.

What does Auripigment mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterorpiment

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. gelbes Mineral, das zur Herstellung von Arsen verwendet wird

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 Auripigment

  • Auripigmentes genitive
  • Auripigments genitive
  • Auripigmente plural
  • Auripigmenten dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Auripigment?

  • [aʊ̯ʁipɪˈɡmɛnt]

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

English words that translate to Auripigment

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

How common is Auripigment in German?

Auripigment appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.

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