chiral
German, adjective[çiˈʁaːl]
chiral is spelled C-H-I-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiral is a German adjective meaning “chiral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in zueinander spiegelbildlichen Formen vorkommend”.
What does chiral mean in English?
adjective
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chiral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in zueinander spiegelbildlichen Formen vorkommend
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 chiral
- chiraler masculine nominative singular
- chirale feminine nominative singular
- chirales neuter nominative singular
- chiralen genitive masculine singular
- chiralem dative masculine singular
- der chirale definite includes-article masculine
- die chirale definite feminine includes-article
- das chirale definite includes-article neuter
- die chiralen definite includes-article nominative
- des chiralen definite genitive includes-article
- der chiralen definite feminine genitive
- dem chiralen dative definite includes-article
- den chiralen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiral?
- [çiˈʁaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiral in German?
chiral appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).