Methan
German, noun/meˈtaːn/
Methan is spelled M-E-T-H-A-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Methan is a German neuter noun meaning “methane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farb- und geruchlose, brennbare Gasverbindung, deren Moleküle aus einem Kohlenstoff- und vier…”.
What does Methan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermethane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farb- und geruchlose, brennbare Gasverbindung, deren Moleküle aus einem Kohlenstoff- und vier Wasserstoffatomen bestehen
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 Methan
- Methans genitive
- [1] Summenformel: CH₄ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Methan?
- /meˈtaːn/
- [meˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Methan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Methan in German?
Methan appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).