Kortison
German, noun[ˌkoʁtiˈzoːn]
Kortison is spelled K-O-R-T-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kortison is a German neuter noun meaning “cortisone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arzneimittel aus dem Hormon der Nebennierenrinde; inaktivierte Form des Glucocorticoids Cortisol”.
What does Kortison mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercortisone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arzneimittel aus dem Hormon der Nebennierenrinde; inaktivierte Form des Glucocorticoids Cortisol
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 Kortison
- Kortisons genitive
- Cortison alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kortison?
- [ˌkoʁtiˈzoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kortison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kortison in German?
Kortison appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).