Heptan
German, noun/hɛpˈtaːn/
Heptan is spelled H-E-P-T-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heptan is a German neuter noun meaning “heptane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblose, flüchtige Flüssigkeit mit benzinartigem Geruch, deren Moleküle aus 7 Kohlenstoff- und 16…”.
What does Heptan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterheptane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farblose, flüchtige Flüssigkeit mit benzinartigem Geruch, deren Moleküle aus 7 Kohlenstoff- und 16 Wasserstoffatomen bestehen 2. Stoffgruppe von isomeren Verbindungen mit der Summenformel C₇H₁₆
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 Heptan
- Heptans genitive
- Heptane plural
- Heptanen dative definite plural
- [1] Summenformel: C₇H₁₆ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–(CH₂)₅–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heptan?
- /hɛpˈtaːn/
- [hɛpˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heptan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heptan in German?
Heptan appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).