Polymerase
[polimeˈʁaːzə]
The verdict
“Polymerase” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzym, welches die Verkettung (Polymerisation) von Nukleotiden zu Nukleinsäuren katalysiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-polymerase · Polymerase · German
Polymerase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polymerase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [polimeˈʁaːzə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Polymerase” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Polymerase is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [polimeˈʁaːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzym, welches die Verkettung (Polymerisation) von Nukleotiden zu Nukleinsäuren katalysiert".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Polymerase in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Polymerase, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-E-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzym, welches die Verkettung (Polymerisation) von Nukleotiden zu Nukleinsäuren katalysiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Polymerase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außerdem erlaubt die veränderte Polymerase vermutlich den Vogel-Viren, sich in den Atemwegen des Menschen auszubreiten.“
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