Grundstoff
German, noun[ˈɡʁʊntˌʃtɔf]
Grundstoff is spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-T-O-F-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “raw material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Material, aus dem höherwertige Dinge entstehen/entwickelt werden können”.
What does Grundstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraw material
- 2
masculineprecursor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Material, aus dem höherwertige Dinge entstehen/entwickelt werden können
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 Grundstoff
- Grundstoffes genitive
- Grundstoffs genitive
- Grundstoffe plural
- Grundstoffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundstoff?
- [ˈɡʁʊntˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grundstoff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grundstoff in German?
Grundstoff appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).