Protein
German, noun/pʁoteˈiːn/
Protein is spelled P-R-O-T-E-I-N (7 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protein is a German neuter noun meaning “protein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus Aminosäuren aufgebautes Makromolekül”.
What does Protein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprotein
Proteine sind ein lebensnotwendiger Bestandteil aller Zellen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus Aminosäuren aufgebautes Makromolekül
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 Protein
- Proteins genitive
- Proteine plural
- Proteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Protein?
- /pʁoteˈiːn/
- /pʁoteˈʔiːn/
- [pʁoteˈiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Protein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Protein in German?
Protein appears 5.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).