Lignin
[lɪˈɡniːn]
The verdict
“Lignin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - farbloses, feststoffartiges Biopolymer, das Bestandteil der Zellwand von Pflanzen ist und die Verholzung derer Zellen bewirkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lignin · Lignin · German
Lignin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lignin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪˈɡniːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lignin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lignin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪˈɡniːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses, feststoffartiges Biopolymer, das Bestandteil der Zellwand von Pflanzen ist und die Verholzung derer Zellen bewirkt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lignin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lignin, spelled L-I-G-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1farbloses, feststoffartiges Biopolymer, das Bestandteil der Zellwand von Pflanzen ist und die Verholzung derer Zellen bewirkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lignin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So stammt Vanillearoma etwa aus Lignin, das in Zellwänden vorkommt, also in Hölzern.“
„Getestet werden auch Pflanzen die einen geringeren Ligninanteil haben. Lignin stört bei der Papierherstellung.“
This word in other languages
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