Nukleinsäure
German, noun/nukleˈiːnˌzɔɪ̯ʁə/
Nukleinsäure is spelled N-U-K-L-E-I-N-S-Ä-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nukleinsäure is a German feminine noun meaning “nucleic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hochmolekulare Polynukleotide, die in allen Zellen, auch in Bakterien sowie in Viren anzutreffen sind und…”.
What does Nukleinsäure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenucleic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hochmolekulare Polynukleotide, die in allen Zellen, auch in Bakterien sowie in Viren anzutreffen sind und eine wichtige Rolle bei der Vererbung und der Eiweißsynthese spielen
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 Nukleinsäure
- Nukleinsäuren plural
- Nucleinsäure alternative
- NS abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nukleinsäure?
- /nukleˈiːnˌzɔɪ̯ʁə/
- [nukleˈiːnˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nukleinsäure in German?
Nukleinsäure appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).