Seitan
German, noun[ˈzaɪ̯tan]
Seitan is a German masculine noun meaning “seitan, wheat gluten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “veganes Lebensmittel aus Gluten, das als Fleischersatz genutzt wird”.
What does Seitan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseitan, wheat gluten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veganes Lebensmittel aus Gluten, das als Fleischersatz genutzt wird
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 Seitan
- Seitans genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seitan?
- [ˈzaɪ̯tan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Seitan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Seitan in German?
Seitan appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).