Alkohol

See also: alkohol

German

Alternative forms

• Alcohol (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcohol, ultimately from Arabic الكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.koˌhoːl/

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• IPA^(key): /al.koˈhoːl/ (as the forepart of a compound, especially when the next syllable is unstressed, thus more often in Alkoholkonsum than in Alkoholtest)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈalˌkoːl/ (casual contraction)

Noun

Alkohol m (strong, genitive Alkohols, plural Alkohole, diminutive Alkohölchen n)

1. alcohol, ethanol (substance)

   Alkohol ist farblos. ― Alcohol is colourless.

2. alcohol, liquor (beverage containing the former substance)

   Synonym: Alk (colloquial short form)

   Hier wird kein Alkohol ausgeschenkt. ― They don't serve alcohol here.

Declension

Declension of Alkohol [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Alkohol	die	Alkohole
genitive	eines	des	Alkohols	der	Alkohole
dative	einem	dem	Alkohol	den	Alkoholen
accusative	einen	den	Alkohol	die	Alkohole

Derived terms

• Alk
• Alkoholabhängigkeit
• Alkoholflasche
• Alkoholgehalt
• Alkoholgeruch
• Alkoholkonsum
• Alkoholspiegel
• Alkoholsucht
• Alkoholtest
• Alkoholverbrauch
• Blutalkohol
• Destillationsalkohol
• Industriealkohol
• Reinigungsalkohol
• Restalkohol

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: alkohol
• → Danish: alkohol
• → Estonian: alkohol
• → Georgian: ალკოჰოლი (alḳoholi)
• → Hungarian: alkohol
• → Latvian: alkohols
• → Lithuanian: alkohòlis
• → Luxembourgish: Alkohol
• → Norwegian Bokmål: alkohol
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: alkohol
• → Polish: alkohol
• → Russian: алкого́ль (alkogólʹ)
• → Swedish: alkohol

Further reading

• “Alkohol” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Alkohol” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Alkohol” in Duden online
• Alkohol on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Alkohol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlkoˌhoːl]

Noun

Alkohol m (plural Alkoholen)

1. (uncountable) alcohol
2. alcohol (chemical functional group)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Alkohol n

1. alcohol