Altstoff
German, noun/ˈaltˌʃtɔf/
Altstoff is spelled A-L-T-S-T-O-F-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “used material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das nicht mehr verwendet, aber dem Konsumkreislauf wieder zugeführt werden kann”.
What does Altstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineused material
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das nicht mehr verwendet, aber dem Konsumkreislauf wieder zugeführt werden kann 2. Chemikalie, die vor dem Inkrafttreten des jeweiligen nationalen Chemikaliengesetzes auf dem Markt war
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 Altstoff
- Altstoffes genitive
- Altstoffs genitive
- Altstoffe plural
- Altstoffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Altstoff?
- /ˈaltˌʃtɔf/
- [ˈaltˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Altstoff in German?
Altstoff appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).