Decan
German, noun/deˈkaːn/
Decan is spelled D-E-C-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decan is a German neuter noun meaning “decane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblose, brennbare Flüssigkeit mit charakteristischem Geruch, deren Moleküle aus 10 Kohlenstoff- und 22…”.
What does Decan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdecane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farblose, brennbare Flüssigkeit mit charakteristischem Geruch, deren Moleküle aus 10 Kohlenstoff- und 22 Wasserstoffatomen bestehen 2. Stoffgruppe von isomeren Verbindungen mit der Summenformel C₁₀H₂₂
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 Decan
- Decans genitive
- Decane plural
- Decanen dative definite plural
- Dekan alternative
- [1] Summenformel: C₁₀H₂₂ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–(CH₂)₈–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Decan?
- /deˈkaːn/
- [deˈkaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Decan in German?
Decan appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).