Jod

See also: jod, JOD, jód, joð, jóð, and jŏd

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːt/

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• Hyphenation: Jod
• Rhymes: -oːt

Etymology 1

Chemical element (edit)
I Atomic number 53 Jod
Classification data Period 5 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
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Borrowed from French iode (“iodine”).

Alternative forms

• Iod (technical)

Noun

Jod n (strong, genitive Jodes or Jods, no plural)

1. iodine

Declension

Declension of Jod [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Jod
genitive	eines	des	Jodes, Jods
dative	einem	dem	Jod, Jode1
accusative	ein	das	Jod

¹Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms

• Previous: Tellur. Next: Xenon

Descendants

• → Estonian: jood
• → Hebrew: יוֹד (yod)
• → Japanese: ヨード (yōdo)
  • → Korean: 요오드 (yoodeu)

Etymology 2

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Noun

Jod n (strong, genitive Jod or Jods, plural Jod or Jods)

1. yod, yodh (Semitic letter)

Declension

Declension of Jod [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Jod	die	Jod, Jods
genitive	eines	des	Jod, Jods	der	Jod, Jods
dative	einem	dem	Jod	den	Jod, Jods
accusative	ein	das	Jod	die	Jod, Jods

Related terms

• Jot

Further reading

• “Jod” in Duden online
• “Jod”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)