Phenolphthalein
German, noun/feˌnoːlftaleˈiːn/
Phenolphthalein is spelled P-H-E-N-O-L-P-H-T-H-A-L-E-I-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phenolphthalein is a German neuter noun meaning “phenolphthalein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pH-Indikator für basische Lösungen”.
What does Phenolphthalein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterphenolphthalein
Durch Zugabe von Phenolphthalein kann der Säure- oder Basencharakter einer wässrigen Lösung bestimmt werden.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pH-Indikator für basische Lösungen
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 Phenolphthalein
- Phenolphthaleins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Phenolphthalein?
- /feˌnoːlftaleˈiːn/
- [feˌnoːlftaleˈiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Phenolphthalein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Phenolphthalein in German?
Phenolphthalein appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).