Pepsin
German, noun/pɛpˈsiːn/
Pepsin is a German neuter noun meaning “pepsin (digestive enzyme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eiweißspaltendes Enzym des Magensafts (zur Verdauung)”.
What does Pepsin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpepsin (digestive enzyme)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eiweißspaltendes Enzym des Magensafts (zur Verdauung) 2. Arzneimittel, das aus dem Enzym Pepsin hergestellt wird
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 Pepsin
- Pepsins genitive
- Pepsine plural
- Pepsinen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pepsin?
- /pɛpˈsiːn/
- [pɛpˈziːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pepsin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pepsin in German?
Pepsin appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).