Inhaltsstoff

German

Etymology

Inhalt +‎ Stoff

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inhaltsstoff m (strong, genitive Inhaltsstoffes or Inhaltsstoffs, plural Inhaltsstoffe)

1. ingredient

Usage notes

• Inhaltsstoff usually means an ingredient at the chemical level; otherwise Zutat is used. For example, dried strawberries may be a Zutat in a food item and the resulting fruit sugar is an Inhaltsstoff.

Declension

Declension of Inhaltsstoff [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Inhaltsstoff	die	Inhaltsstoffe
genitive	eines	des	Inhaltsstoffes, Inhaltsstoffs	der	Inhaltsstoffe
dative	einem	dem	Inhaltsstoff, Inhaltsstoffe1	den	Inhaltsstoffen
accusative	einen	den	Inhaltsstoff	die	Inhaltsstoffe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Inhaltsstoff” in Duden online