Schwefeldioxid
German, noun[ˈʃveːfl̩ˌdiːʔɔksiːt]
Schwefeldioxid is spelled S-C-H-W-E-F-E-L-D-I-O-X-I-D (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwefeldioxid is a German neuter noun meaning “sulfur dioxide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “farbloses, schleimhautreizendes, stechend riechendes und sauer schmeckendes, giftiges Gas”.
What does Schwefeldioxid mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersulfur dioxide
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farbloses, schleimhautreizendes, stechend riechendes und sauer schmeckendes, giftiges Gas
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 Schwefeldioxid
- Schwefeldioxids genitive
- Schwefeldioxyd alternative
- SO₂ abbreviation
- Schwefeldioxides genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwefeldioxid?
- [ˈʃveːfl̩ˌdiːʔɔksiːt]
- [ˈʃveːfl̩diːʔɔˌksiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwefeldioxid in German?
Schwefeldioxid 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).