Lanthan
German, noun/lanˈtaːn/
Lanthan is spelled L-A-N-T-H-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lanthan is a German neuter noun meaning “lanthanum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 57, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört”.
What does Lanthan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlanthanum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 57, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
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 Lanthan
- Lanthans genitive
- La abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lanthan?
- /lanˈtaːn/
- [lanˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lanthan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lanthan in German?
Lanthan appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).