Pentan
German, noun/ˌpɛnˈtaːn/
Pentan is spelled P-E-N-T-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentan is a German neuter noun meaning “pentane (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₅H₁₂)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblose und brennbare Flüssigkeit, deren Moleküle aus 5 Kohlenstoff- und 12 Wasserstoffatome bestehen”.
What does Pentan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpentane (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₅H₁₂)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farblose und brennbare Flüssigkeit, deren Moleküle aus 5 Kohlenstoff- und 12 Wasserstoffatome bestehen 2. Stoffgruppe von isomeren Verbindungen mit der Summenformel C₅H₁₂
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 Pentan
- Pentans genitive
- Pentane plural
- Pentanen dative definite plural
- [1] Summenformel: C₅H₁₂ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–(CH₂)₃–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pentan?
- /ˌpɛnˈtaːn/
- [ˌpɛnˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pentan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pentan in German?
Pentan appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).