Stickstoff

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stikstof (coined in 1789); roughly equivalent to ersticken + Stoff. Introduced by the Swiss physician Christopher Girtanner in 1791.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪkʃtɔf/
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Noun

Stickstoff m (strong, genitive Stickstoffes or Stickstoffs, no plural)

  1. (chemistry) nitrogen

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • stickstoffartig

References

  1. Christopher Girtanner. Neue chemische Nomenklatur für die deutsche Sprache, Berlin 1791, p. 11.

Further reading

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