Sprengstoff
German, noun/ˈʃpʁɛŋˌʃtɔf/
Sprengstoff is spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-S-T-O-F-F (11 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprengstoff is a German masculine noun meaning “explosive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schnell und unter großer Gasentwicklung verbrennende Substanz”.
What does Sprengstoff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexplosive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr schnell und unter großer Gasentwicklung verbrennende Substanz 2. brisante Information
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 Sprengstoff
- Sprengstoffes genitive
- Sprengstoffs genitive
- Sprengstoffe plural
- Sprengstoffen dative definite plural
- Sprengst. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprengstoff?
- /ˈʃpʁɛŋˌʃtɔf/
- [ˈʃpʁɛŋˌʃtɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sprengstoff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sprengstoff in German?
Sprengstoff appears 3.8 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).