Botenstoff
German, noun/ˈboːtn̩ˌʃtɔf/
Botenstoff is spelled B-O-T-E-N-S-T-O-F-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Botenstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “semiochemical; signaling molecule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemischer Stoff, der innerhalb von Lebewesen oder zwischen ihnen eine Information überträgt”.
What does Botenstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemiochemical; signaling molecule
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemischer Stoff, der innerhalb von Lebewesen oder zwischen ihnen eine Information überträgt
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 Botenstoff
- Botenstoffes genitive
- Botenstoffs genitive
- Botenstoffe plural
- Botenstoffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Botenstoff?
- /ˈboːtn̩ˌʃtɔf/
- [ˈboːtn̩ˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Botenstoff in German?
Botenstoff appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).