Polyglot Dictionary

denaturieren

/denatuˈʁiːʁən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

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V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
denaturiert
past
denaturierte
perfect
hat denaturiert

Meaning

  1. to denature (proteins, through heat or acid)

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Usage notes

A food-science term describing how heat or acid permanently changes a protein's structure, e.g. when cooking an egg.

Practice

1 What does denaturieren mean?

2 Fill the gap: Beim Kochen ___ die Proteine im Ei.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches denaturieren?

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