Lignin
German, noun[lɪˈɡniːn]
Lignin is spelled L-I-G-N-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lignin is a German masculine noun meaning “lignin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses, feststoffartiges Biopolymer, das Bestandteil der Zellwand von Pflanzen ist und die Verholzung…”.
What does Lignin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelignin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses, feststoffartiges Biopolymer, das Bestandteil der Zellwand von Pflanzen ist und die Verholzung derer Zellen bewirkt
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 Lignin
- Lignins genitive
- Lignine plural
- Ligninen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lignin?
- [lɪˈɡniːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lignin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lignin in German?
Lignin appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).