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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	väte	vätet	—	—
Genitive	vätes	vätets	—	—

References

• väte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)