Glaubersalz
German, noun/ˈɡlaʊ̯bɐˌzalt͡s/
Glaubersalz is spelled G-L-A-U-B-E-R-S-A-L-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glaubersalz is a German neuter noun meaning “Glauber's salt, sodium sulfate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trivialname von Natriumsulfat, einem farblosen Natriumsalz, das in Mineralwasser enthalten ist und in der…”.
What does Glaubersalz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterGlauber's salt, sodium sulfate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trivialname von Natriumsulfat, einem farblosen Natriumsalz, das in Mineralwasser enthalten ist und in der Medizin als Abführmittel eingesetzt wird
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 Glaubersalz
- Glaubersalzes genitive
- Glaubersalze plural
- Glaubersalzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glaubersalz?
- /ˈɡlaʊ̯bɐˌzalt͡s/
- [ˈɡlaʊ̯bɐˌzalt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Glaubersalz in German?
Glaubersalz appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).