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Terpen

German, noun[tɛʁˈpeːn]

Terpen is spelled T-E-R-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terpen is a German neuter noun meaning “terpene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sekundärer Inhaltsstoff in Organismen, der sich vom Isopren ableitet”.

What does Terpen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterterpene

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sekundärer Inhaltsstoff in Organismen, der sich vom Isopren ableitet

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 Terpen

  • Terpens genitive
  • Terpene plural
  • Terpenen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Terpen?

  • [tɛʁˈpeːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Terpen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Terpen in German?

Terpen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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