"Sauerstoff" meaning in German

See Sauerstoff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzaʊ̯ɐʃtɔf/ Audio: De-at-Sauerstoff.ogg [Austria], De-Sauerstoff.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
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. Etymology templates: {{af|de|sauer|Stoff}} sauer + Stoff, {{calque|de|fr|oxygène|nocap=1}} calque of French oxygène, {{noncog|grc|ὀξύς||sharp; of taste: pungent, acid}} Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp; of taste: pungent, acid”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Sauerstoff m (strong, genitive Sauerstoffes or Sauerstoffs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Sauerstoffes [genitive], Sauerstoffs [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Sauerstoff [nominative, singular], Sauerstoffes [genitive, singular], Sauerstoffs [genitive, singular], Sauerstoff [dative, singular], Sauerstoffe [dative, singular], Sauerstoff [accusative, singular]
  1. oxygen Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Atemluft (english: breathing air) Derived forms: sauerstoffartig, sauerstoffhaltig Coordinate_terms (chemical element): Previous: Stickstoff. Next: Fluor
    Sense id: en-Sauerstoff-de-noun-uYKgmzVC Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Chemical elements Related terms: Kleiderstoff, Kohlensäure, Lesestoff, Salzsäure, Sauerklee, Sauerkohl, Sauerkraut, Sauerstoffapparat, Sauerstoffarmut, Sauerstoffatom, Sauerstoffbeatmung, sauerstoffbildend, Sauerstoffflasche, Sauerstoffgerät, Sauerstoffmangel, Sauerstoffmaske, sauerstoffverbrauchend, Sauerstoffversorgung, sauerstoffzehrend, Sauerstoffzelt

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "pdt",
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        "calque"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "חמצן"
    }
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    },
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        "2": "fr",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "noncog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sauerstoffs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sauerstoff",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sauerstoffs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Sauerstoff",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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          "name": "Chemical elements",
          "orig": "de:Chemical elements",
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        }
      ],
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          "sense": "chemical element",
          "word": "Previous: Stickstoff. Next: Fluor"
        }
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          "word": "sauerstoffartig"
        },
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          "english": "to breathe fresh air",
          "literal_meaning": "to fill up on oxygen",
          "text": "Sauerstoff tanken",
          "translation": "to breathe fresh air",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "oxygen"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "Kleiderstoff"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kohlensäure"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lesestoff"
        },
        {
          "word": "Salzsäure"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerklee"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerkohl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerkraut"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffapparat"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffarmut"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffatom"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffbeatmung"
        },
        {
          "word": "sauerstoffbildend"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffflasche"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffgerät"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffmangel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffmaske"
        },
        {
          "word": "sauerstoffverbrauchend"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffversorgung"
        },
        {
          "word": "sauerstoffzehrend"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sauerstoffzelt"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "breathing air",
          "translation": "breathing air",
          "word": "Atemluft"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "sauerstoffhaltig"
    }
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    },
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      "lang_code": "he",
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        "calque",
        "calque"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "form": "Sauerstoffs",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Kleiderstoff"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kohlensäure"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lesestoff"
    },
    {
      "word": "Salzsäure"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerklee"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerkohl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerkraut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffapparat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffarmut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffatom"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffbeatmung"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauerstoffbildend"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffflasche"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffgerät"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffmangel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffmaske"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauerstoffverbrauchend"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffversorgung"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauerstoffzehrend"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sauerstoffzelt"
    }
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        "German lemmas",
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        "German nouns",
        "German terms calqued from French",
        "German terms derived from French",
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        }
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      "english": "breathing air",
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      "word": "Atemluft"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sauerstoff"
}

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