Basenpaar
German, noun/ˈbaːzn̩ˌpaːɐ̯/
Basenpaar is spelled B-A-S-E-N-P-A-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basenpaar is a German neuter noun meaning “base pair (two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwei Nukleinbasen „in der DNA oder RNA, die zueinander komplementär sind und durch…”.
What does Basenpaar mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbase pair (two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwei Nukleinbasen „in der DNA oder RNA, die zueinander komplementär sind und durch Wasserstoffbrückenbindungen zusammengehalten werden“
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 Basenpaar
- Basenpaares genitive
- Basenpaars genitive
- Basenpaare plural
- Basenpaaren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Basenpaar?
- /ˈbaːzn̩ˌpaːɐ̯/
- [ˈbaːzn̩ˌpaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Basenpaar in German?
Basenpaar appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).