Schadstoff
German, noun[ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]
Schadstoff is spelled S-C-H-A-D-S-T-O-F-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schadstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “pollutant, contaminant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet”.
What does Schadstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepollutant, contaminant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet
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 Schadstoff
- Schadstoffs genitive
- Schadstoffe plural
- Schadstoffen dative definite plural
- Schadstoffes genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schadstoff?
- [ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schadstoff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schadstoff in German?
Schadstoff 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).