Hexan
German, noun/ˌhɛˈksaːn/
Hexan is spelled H-E-X-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hexan is a German neuter noun meaning “hexane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblose, brennbare, leicht nach Benzin riechende, flüchtige Flüssigkeit, deren Moleküle aus 6 Kohlenstoff-…”.
What does Hexan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhexane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farblose, brennbare, leicht nach Benzin riechende, flüchtige Flüssigkeit, deren Moleküle aus 6 Kohlenstoff- und 14 Wasserstoffatomen bestehen 2. Stoffgruppe von isomeren Verbindungen mit der Summenformel C₆H₁₄
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 Hexan
- Hexans genitive
- Hexane plural
- Hexanen dative definite plural
- [1] Summenformel: C₆H₁₄ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–(CH₂)₄–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hexan?
- /ˌhɛˈksaːn/
- [ˌhɛˈksaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hexan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hexan in German?
Hexan appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).