Kristall

Meaning

crystal in the sense of mineral and its molecular structure ("array of atoms"), not in the sense of glass / glassware ("das Kristall")

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁɪsˈtal/

Etymology

From Middle High German kristal, kristalle, from Old High German cristalla, from Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”). Cognate with Vilamovian kryśtaoł.

Sentences

Das bekannteste Beispiel für Blochs Theorem ist die Beschreibung von Elektronen in einem Kristall .

The best-known example of Bloch's theorem is the description of electrons in a crystal.