Kohlenstoff
German, noun/ˈkoːln̩ʃtɔf/
Kohlenstoff is spelled K-O-H-L-E-N-S-T-O-F-F (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kohlenstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “carbon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nichtmetallisches chemisches Element, das im Periodensystem die Ordnungszahl 6 trägt und das Grundelement für…”.
What does Kohlenstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarbon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nichtmetallisches chemisches Element, das im Periodensystem die Ordnungszahl 6 trägt und das Grundelement für organische Verbindungen darstellt
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 Kohlenstoff
- Kohlenstoffes genitive
- Kohlenstoffs genitive
- Kohlenstoffe dative singular
- C abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kohlenstoff?
- /ˈkoːln̩ʃtɔf/
- /ˈkoːlənʃtɔf/
- [ˈkoːlənˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kohlenstoff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kohlenstoff in German?
Kohlenstoff appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).