Chitin
[çiˈtiːn]
The verdict
“Chitin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stickstoffhaltiges Polysaccharid, das den organischen Hauptbestandteil des Außenskelettes der Gliederfüßer bildet
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Index DE-chitin · Chitin · German
Chitin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chitin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [çiˈtiːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chitin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chitin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [çiˈtiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stickstoffhaltiges Polysaccharid, das den organischen Hauptbestandteil des Außenskelettes der Gliederfüßer bildet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chitin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Chitin, spelled C-H-I-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1stickstoffhaltiges Polysaccharid, das den organischen Hauptbestandteil des Außenskelettes der Gliederfüßer bildet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chitin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chitin kommt auch in den Zellwänden von Pilzen vor.
[Pilze:] „Während die Zellwände von Pflanzen überwiegend aus Zellulose bestehen, enthalten Pilzzellwände Chitin, einen Stoff, der auch im Exoskelett von Insekten und Krebstieren vorkommt.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.