Autolyse
German, noun[aʊ̯toˈlyːzə]
Autolyse is spelled A-U-T-O-L-Y-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autolyse is a German feminine noun meaning “autolysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Selbstauflösung abgestorbener Körper oder Körperteile durch körpereigene Enzyme und ohne Bakterien”.
What does Autolyse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineautolysis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selbstauflösung abgestorbener Körper oder Körperteile durch körpereigene Enzyme und ohne Bakterien 2. chemischer Prozess bei Brot- oder Brötchenteigen: Quellen von Stärke und Eiweiß bei gleichzeitigem Verketten von Gluten zu Strängen
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 Autolyse
- Autolysen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Autolyse?
- [aʊ̯toˈlyːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Autolyse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Autolyse in German?
Autolyse appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).