Schwefel
German, noun/ˈʃveːfəl/
Schwefel is spelled S-C-H-W-E-F-E-L (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwefel is a German masculine noun meaning “sulfur, brimstone (chemical element, S, atomic number 16)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 16, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört”.
What does Schwefel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesulfur, brimstone (chemical element, S, atomic number 16)
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 16, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört
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 Schwefel
- Schwefels genitive
- S abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwefel?
- /ˈʃveːfəl/
- [ˈʃʋeː.fl̩]
- [-fəl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwefel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwefel in German?
Schwefel appears 2.4 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).