Sauerstoff
German
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| O Atomic number 8 Sauerstoff | ||||||||
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Etymology
From sauer + Stoff, calque of French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp; of taste: pungent, acid”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), due to a mistaken early belief that oxygen was a necessary ingredient in all acids.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sauerstoff m (strong, genitive Sauerstoffes or Sauerstoffs, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Sauerstoff [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Synonyms
- Atemluft (breathing air)
Coordinate terms
- (chemical element): Previous: Stickstoff. Next: Fluor
Derived terms
- sauerstoffartig
- sauerstoffhaltig
Related terms
- Kleiderstoff
- Kohlensäure
- Lesestoff
- Salzsäure
- Sauerklee
- Sauerkohl
- Sauerkraut
- Sauerstoffapparat
- Sauerstoffarmut
- Sauerstoffatom
- Sauerstoffbeatmung
- sauerstoffbildend
- Sauerstoffflasche
- Sauerstoffgerät
- Sauerstoffmangel
- Sauerstoffmaske
- sauerstoffverbrauchend
- Sauerstoffversorgung
- sauerstoffzehrend
- Sauerstoffzelt
Descendants
References
- Duden - Das Herkunftswörterbuch. Etymologie der deutschen Sprache. Mannheim 1989
Further reading
- “Sauerstoff”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Sauerstoff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Sauerstoff” in Duden online
- Sauerstoff on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
sauer + Stoff, calque of French oxygène
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɑʊ̯ɐˌʃtof/, [ˈzɑʊ̯ɐˌʃtof]
Noun
Sauerstoff m (uncountable)