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Kampfstoff

German, noun[ˈkamp͡fˌʃtɔf]

Kampfstoff is spelled K-A-M-P-F-S-T-O-F-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kampfstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “chemical-, biological- or nuclear-weapon material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Substanz, die für Menschen tödlich, verletzend oder krankmachend wirkt und in Kriegen eingesetzt werden kann”.

What does Kampfstoff mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechemical-, biological- or nuclear-weapon material

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Substanz, die für Menschen tödlich, verletzend oder krankmachend wirkt und in Kriegen eingesetzt werden kann

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 Kampfstoff

  • Kampfstoffs genitive
  • Kampfstoffes genitive
  • Kampfstoffe plural
  • Kampfstoffen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kampfstoff?

  • [ˈkamp͡fˌʃtɔf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Kampfstoff in German?

Kampfstoff appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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