Cystein
German, noun[t͡sʏsteˈiːn]
Cystein is spelled C-Y-S-T-E-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cystein is a German neuter noun meaning “cysteine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwefelhaltige Aminosäure, die als Bestandteil vieler Proteine auftritt und besonders in verhornten Zellen…”.
What does Cystein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercysteine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwefelhaltige Aminosäure, die als Bestandteil vieler Proteine auftritt und besonders in verhornten Zellen, Federn und Haaren vorkommt
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 Cystein
- Cysteins genitive
- Cysteine plural
- Cysteinen dative definite plural
- Zystein alternative
- Cys abbreviation
- C abbreviation
- E 920 abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Cystein?
- [t͡sʏsteˈiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Cystein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Cystein in German?
Cystein appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).