Phosphor
German, noun/ˈfɔsfoɐ/
Phosphor is spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-O-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phosphor is a German masculine noun meaning “phosphorus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 15, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört”.
What does Phosphor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephosphorus
- 2
masculinephosphor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 15, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört 2. Stoff, der in der Lage ist, gespeichertes Licht wieder abzugeben
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 Phosphor
- Phosphors genitive
- P abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Phosphor?
- /ˈfɔsfoɐ/
- [ˈfɔsfoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Phosphor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Phosphor in German?
Phosphor appears 1.3 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).