Tryptophan
German, noun[tʁʏptoˈfaːn]
Tryptophan is spelled T-R-Y-P-T-O-P-H-A-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tryptophan is a German neuter noun meaning “tryptophan (amino acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Aminosäure, Bestandteil der Proteine”.
What does Tryptophan mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertryptophan (amino acid)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Aminosäure, Bestandteil der Proteine
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 Tryptophan
- Tryptophans genitive
- Trp abbreviation
- W abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tryptophan?
- [tʁʏptoˈfaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tryptophan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tryptophan in German?
Tryptophan 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).