Fettsäure
[ˈfɛtˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]
The verdict
“Fettsäure” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einer unverzweigten Kohlenwasserstoffkette und einer Carboxylgruppe bestehendes Molekül
Corpus desk
Index DE-fettsaure · Fettsäure · German
Fettsäure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fettsäure |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛtˌzɔɪ̯ʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fettsäure“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fettsäure is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛtˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einer unverzweigten Kohlenwasserstoffkette und einer Carboxylgruppe bestehendes Molekül".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fettsäure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fettsäure, spelled F-E-T-T-S-Ä-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1aus einer unverzweigten Kohlenwasserstoffkette und einer Carboxylgruppe bestehendes Molekül
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fettsäure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Chemiker analysierte die Fettsäuren des Präparats.
„Die Namensgebung Fettsäure ist einerseits bedingt durch die chemischen Eigenschaften dieser Stoffgruppe, die durch ihre Carboxylgruppe sauer reagiert. Andererseits geht der Name auf die Entdeckungsgeschichte dieser Alkancarbonsäuren als Bestandteil natürlicher Fette zurück.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.