Wasserstoff

Meaning

hydrogen; the lightest and most common element in the universe with the atomic number 1

Concepts

hydrogen

H

waterstuff

Synonyms

Hydrogen

Hydrogenium

Wasserstoffgas

H

Waſſerſtoff

Translations

hydrogène

hidrógeno

idrogeno

waterstof

hidrogénio

hydrogenium

υδρογόνο

hidrogen

hidrojen

هيدروجين

hîdrojen

hidrogênio

idrogèn

müvellidülma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvasɐʃtɔf/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: waterstof

Cognate with Polish: wodór

In summary

Wasser (“water”) + Stoff (“substance”), calque of French hydrogène which is itself a compound modelled after Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “I bring forth”). Compare Dutch waterstof and Polish wodór.