Ethan
German, noun[eˈtaːn]
Ethan is spelled E-T-H-A-N (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ethan is a German neuter noun meaning “ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses, geruchloses, brennbares Gas, deren Moleküle aus zwei Kohlenstoff- und sechs Wasserstoffatomen…”.
What does Ethan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses, geruchloses, brennbares Gas, deren Moleküle aus zwei Kohlenstoff- und sechs Wasserstoffatomen bestehen
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 Ethan
- Ethans genitive
- Äthan alternative
- [1] Summenformel: C₂H₆ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ethan?
- [eˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ethan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ethan in German?
Ethan appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).