Polyethylenterephthalat
German, noun[poliʔetyˈleːnteʁeftaˌlaːt]
Polyethylenterephthalat is spelled P-O-L-Y-E-T-H-Y-L-E-N-T-E-R-E-P-H-T-H-A-L-A-T (23 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polyethylenterephthalat is a German neuter noun meaning “polyethylene terephthalate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kunststoff aus der Familie der Polyester, der glasklar ist und dessen Aggregatzustand fest ist”.
What does Polyethylenterephthalat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpolyethylene terephthalate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kunststoff aus der Familie der Polyester, der glasklar ist und dessen Aggregatzustand fest ist
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 Polyethylenterephthalat
- Polyethylenterephthalats genitive
- PET abbreviation
- Polyethylenterephthalate nominative plural
- Polyethylenterephthalates genitive singular
- Polyethylenterephthalaten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Polyethylenterephthalat?
- [poliʔetyˈleːnteʁeftaˌlaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Polyethylenterephthalat in German?
Polyethylenterephthalat appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).