Methionin
German, noun/meti̯oˈniːn/
Methionin is spelled M-E-T-H-I-O-N-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Methionin is a German neuter noun meaning “methionine (amino acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine essentielle, schwefelhaltige, proteinogene Aminosäure; allgemein für die Isomere D-Methionin und…”.
What does Methionin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermethionine (amino acid)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine essentielle, schwefelhaltige, proteinogene Aminosäure; allgemein für die Isomere D-Methionin und L-Methionin
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 Methionin
- Methionins genitive
- Met abbreviation
- M abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Methionin?
- /meti̯oˈniːn/
- [meti̯oˈniːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Methionin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Methionin in German?
Methionin 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).