Östrogen

[œstʁoˈɡeːn]

/[œstʁoˈɡeːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Östrogen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,062 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,062
frequency rank, German
53
“Ö” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hormon, das für die weiblichen Eigenschaften einer Person verantwortlich ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-ostrogen · Östrogen · German

Östrogen · rank #63,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,062
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 53
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zülpich

Nearest frequency peer: Zülpich (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Östrogen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Östrogen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Östrogen
PropertyValue
HeadwordÖstrogen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[œstʁoˈɡeːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Östrogen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Östrogenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zülpich“ (#63,060), „Überalterung“ (#63,064), „zähneknirschend“ (#63,059). Unter 53 „Ö“-Lemmata liegt „Östrogen“ bei #63,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Östrogen is uncommon German at frequency #63,062 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [œstʁoˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormon, das für die weiblichen Eigenschaften einer Person verantwortlich ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Östrogen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Östrogen, spelled Ö-S-T-R-O-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hormon, das für die weiblichen Eigenschaften einer Person verantwortlich ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Östrogen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Östrogen stimuliert das Wachstum der Brüste.“
  2. „Das Östrogen bewirkt das Haarwachstum unter den Achseln und die Verbreiterung des Beckens.“

Synonyms

Follikelhormon

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Östrogen"?
"Östrogen" is spelled Ö-S-T-R-O-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [œstʁoˈɡeːn].
What does "Östrogen" mean?
As a noun, "Östrogen" means: Hormon, das für die weiblichen Eigenschaften einer Person verantwortlich ist
How do you pronounce "Östrogen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Östrogen" is [œstʁoˈɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Östrogen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Östrogen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list