Lachgas
German, noun/ˈlaxˌɡaːs/
Lachgas is a German neuter noun meaning “laughing gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses Gas aus der Gruppe der Stickoxide, das auch als Betäubungsmittel eingesetzt wurde”.
What does Lachgas mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlaughing gas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses Gas aus der Gruppe der Stickoxide, das auch als Betäubungsmittel eingesetzt wurde
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 Lachgas
- Lachgases genitive
- Lachgase dative singular
- [1] chemische Summenformel: N₂O abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lachgas?
- /ˈlaxˌɡaːs/
- [ˈlaxˌɡaːs]
- [ˈlaχˌɡaːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lachgas in German?
Lachgas appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).