Alkohol
German, noun/ˈal.koˌhoːl/
Alkohol is spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L (7 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alkohol is a German masculine noun meaning “alcohol, ethanol (substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gängige Bezeichnung für Ethanol”.
What does Alkohol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealcohol, ethanol (substance)
Alkohol ist farblos.
- 2
masculinealcohol, liquor (beverage containing the former substance)
(colloquial short form)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gängige Bezeichnung für Ethanol 2. speziell und kurz für Getränk, welches Ethanol enthält; Trinkalkohol 3. Bezeichnung für eine Kohlenstoffverbindung mit mindestens einer Hydroxylgruppe als funktionelle Gruppe
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Alkohol
- Alkohols genitive
- Alkohole plural
- Alkohölchen diminutive neuter
- Alkoholen dative definite plural
- Alcohol alternative obsolete
- EtOH abbreviation
- ROH abbreviation
- [1] C₂H₅OH symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alkohol?
- /ˈal.koˌhoːl/
- /al.koˈhoːl/
- [ˈalkohoːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alkohol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alkohol in German?
Alkohol appears 45 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).