väte

See also: vate and våte

Swedish

Chemical element
H	Next: helium (He)

Etymology

From våt (“wet”), compare väta (“to wet”), after French hydrogène. Coined by Swedish scientists Pehr von Afzelius and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1795. Analogue with syre (“oxygen”) and kväve (“nitrogen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːˌtɛ/

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Noun

väte n (uncountable)

1. hydrogen

Declension

Declension of väte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	väte	vätes
	definite	vätet	vätets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• väte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• väte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• väte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH