Polyglot Dictionary

Sprengstoff

/ˈʃpʁɛŋˌʃtɔf/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Sprengstoffe

Meaning

  1. explosive

    • Die Polizei fand Sprengstoff.

      The police found explosives.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

explosivo

explosivo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "explosive."

Practice

1 What does Sprengstoff mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Polizei fand ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sprengstoff?

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