Epigenetik
German, noun/epiɡeˈneːtɪk/
Epigenetik is spelled E-P-I-G-E-N-E-T-I-K (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epigenetik is a German feminine noun meaning “epigenetics (the study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zweig der Biologie, der die kausalen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Genen und ihren Produkten untersucht, welche…”.
What does Epigenetik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepigenetics (the study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zweig der Biologie, der die kausalen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Genen und ihren Produkten untersucht, welche die Genexpressionen und den Phänotyp (Erscheinungsform) der Organismen, nicht jedoch das Genom (die DNA) verändern 2. Zweig der Biologie, der sich mit der Weitergabe von Eigenschaften auf die Nachkommen beschäftigt, die nicht auf Mutationen des Genoms, sondern auf eine vererbbare Änderung der Genexpression und der Genregulation zurückzuführen sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Epigenetik?
- /epiɡeˈneːtɪk/
- [epiɡeˈneːtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Epigenetik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Epigenetik in German?
Epigenetik 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).