Formaldehyd
German, noun/ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyt/
Formaldehyd is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-D-E-H-Y-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formaldehyd is a German masculine noun meaning “formaldehyde (organic compound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas”.
What does Formaldehyd mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterformaldehyde (organic compound)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas
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 Formaldehyd
- Formaldehyds genitive
- [1] Summenformel: CH₂O abbreviation
- [1] Halbstrukturformel: H–CHO abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Formaldehyd?
- /ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyt/
- [ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyːt]
- [fɔʁmʔaldeˈhyːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Formaldehyd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Formaldehyd in German?
Formaldehyd appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).