Kation
German, noun[ˈkatʔiˌoːn]
Kation is spelled K-A-T-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kation is a German neuter noun meaning “cation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “positiv geladenes Ion”.
What does Kation mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. positiv geladenes Ion
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 Kation
- Kations genitive
- Kationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kation?
- [ˈkatʔiˌoːn]
- [ˈkatˌi̯oːn]
- [ˈkati̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kation in German?
Kation 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).