Hydrat

See also: hydrat, hýdrat, and hydrát

German

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French hydrate; regardless, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Hydrat n (strong, genitive Hydrates or Hydrats, plural Hydrate)

1. (chemistry) hydrate

Declension

Declension of Hydrat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hydrat	die	Hydrate
genitive	eines	des	Hydrates, Hydrats	der	Hydrate
dative	einem	dem	Hydrat, Hydrate1	den	Hydraten
accusative	ein	das	Hydrat	die	Hydrate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Hydrat” in Duden online
• “Hydrat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache