Substanz
German, noun[zʊpˈstant͡s]
Substanz is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-Z (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substanz is a German feminine noun meaning “substance, matter, material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stoff, Materie (fest, flüssig oder gasförmig)”.
What does Substanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubstance, matter, material
- 2
femininesubstance (concrete arguments or points being presented)
- 3
femininestock (that which has already been built up or stockpiled)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stoff, Materie (fest, flüssig oder gasförmig) 2. wichtiger, zentraler Bestandteil einer Sache; mit Gründen untermauerter relevanter Inhalt 3. materielle Grundlage (einer Person, eines Betriebs) 4. das Wesen einer Sache
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 Substanz
- Substanzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Substanz?
- [zʊpˈstant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Substanz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Substanz in German?
Substanz appears 9.8 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).