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Cytosin

German, noun[t͡sytoˈziːn]

Cytosin is a German neuter noun meaning “cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nukleinbase und Pyrimidin-Derivat”.

What does Cytosin mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutercytosine (a base which appears in DNA)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nukleinbase und Pyrimidin-Derivat

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 Cytosin

  • Cytosins genitive
  • Zytosin alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Cytosin?

  • [t͡sytoˈziːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Cytosin

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Cytosin in German?

Cytosin appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).