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 by 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

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