Stoff

See also: stoff

German

Etymology

First attested in the mid 17th century. Most likely borrowed from Early Modern Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, estoffe, from estoffer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”) (French étoffer and étouffer), from Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (“to cram, plug, stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to clog up, block, fill”). Compare English stuff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔf/

• Audio:

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Noun

Stoff m (genitive Stoffs or Stoffes, plural Stoffe)

1. stuff, matter, substance
2. (chemistry) substance
3. cloth, fabric, material

Hyponyms

• Anzugstoff (“suit material”)
• Baumwollstoff (“cotton fabric”)
• Brennstoff
• Dichtstoff
• Duftstoff
• Explosivstoff
• Farbstoff
• Füllstoff
• Gesprächsstoff (“topic of conversation”)
• Gewebestoff
• Giftstoff (“toxicant”)
• Harnstoff
• Impfstoff
• Kampfstoff
• Klebstoff
• Kleiderstoff
• Kohlenstoff
• Kunststoff
• Lernstoff (“class material”)
• Lesestoff (“reading material”)
• Leuchtstoff
• Lockstoff (“attractant”)
• Luftsauerstoff
• Papierstoff (“paper stock”)
• Rohstoff
• Sauerstoff
• Schaumstoff
• Sprengstoff
• Stickstoff
• Textilstoff (“textile fabric”)
• Treibstoff
• Wasserstoff
• Werkstoff
• Wirkstoff
• Wollstoff (“wool fabric”)
• Zellstoff

 

Related terms

• Stoffbeutel
• Stoffeigenschaft (“cloth property”)
• Stofffarbe (“fabric paint, fabric dye”)
• Stoffgewebe (“cloth fabric”)
• Stoffklasse
• Stoffsofa
• Stofftasche
• Stofftier
• Stofftiger

 

Descendants

• → Macedonian: штоф (štof)
• → Russian: штоф (štof)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: што̏ф

  Latin script: štȍf

See also

• Mittel
• Substanz
• Material
• Gewebe
• Textil
• Tuch

Further reading

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

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtof/
  • Rhymes: -of

Noun

Stoff m (plural Stoffer)

1. Alternative form of Stoft

Derived terms

• Kuelestoff
• Sauerstoff
• Stéckstoff
• Waasserstoff