Sauerstoff

== German == === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯ɐʃtɔf/ === Noun === Sauerstoff m (strong, genitive Sauerstoffes or Sauerstoffs, no plural) oxygen Sauerstoff tanken ― to breathe fresh air (literally, “to fill up on oxygen”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Atemluft (breathing air) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (chemical element): Previous: Stickstoff. Next: Fluor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Plautdietsch: Suastoff (calque) → Hebrew: חמצן (calque) === 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) oxygen