Alkohol

• Alcohol (obsolete)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcohol, ultimately from Arabic الكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.koˌhoːl/

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• IPA^(key): /al.koˈhoːl/ (as the forepart of a compound, especially when the next syllable is unstressed, thus more often in Alkoholkonsum than in Alkoholtest)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈalˌkoːl/ (casual contraction)

Alkohol m (strong, genitive Alkohols, plural Alkohole, diminutive Alkohölchen n)

1. alcohol, ethanol (substance)

   Alkohol ist farblos. ― Alcohol is colourless.

2. alcohol, liquor (beverage containing the former substance)

   Synonym: Alk (colloquial short form)

   Hier wird kein Alkohol ausgeschenkt. ― They don't serve alcohol here.

• “Alkohol” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Alkohol”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Alkohol” in Duden online
• Alkohol on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From German Alkohol.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlkoˌhoːl]

Alkohol m (plural Alkoholen)

1. (uncountable) alcohol
2. alcohol (chemical functional group)

Alkohol n

1. alcohol