Ligand
German, noun[liˈɡant]
Ligand is spelled L-I-G-A-N-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligand is a German masculine noun meaning “ligand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Chemie, Komplexchemie: Ion oder Molekül, das an ein Zentralatom gebunden ist und mit diesem eine…”.
What does Ligand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineligand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chemie, Komplexchemie: Ion oder Molekül, das an ein Zentralatom gebunden ist und mit diesem eine Komplexverbindung bildet 2. chemischer Stoff, der an ein bestimmtes Enzym, etwa an einen Rezeptor binden kann
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 Ligand
- Liganden genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ligand?
- [liˈɡant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ligand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ligand in German?
Ligand 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).