Propan
German, noun/ˌpʁoˈpaːn/
Propan is spelled P-R-O-P-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propan is a German neuter noun meaning “propane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses, geruchloses, brennbares Gas, deren Moleküle aus drei Kohlenstoff- und acht Wasserstoffatomen…”.
What does Propan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpropane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses, geruchloses, brennbares Gas, deren Moleküle aus drei Kohlenstoff- und acht Wasserstoffatomen bestehen
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 Propan
- Propans genitive
- [1] Summenformel: C₃H₈ abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: CH₃–CH₂–CH₃ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Propan?
- /ˌpʁoˈpaːn/
- [ˌpʁoˈpaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Propan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Propan in German?
Propan appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).