Noun: Stoff
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation: uncountable
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Stoff |
| Plural | Stoffe |
Definite
| Singular | der Stoff |
| Plural | die Stoffe |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Stoffes; Stoffs |
| Plural | Stoffe |
Definite
| Singular | des Stoffes; Stoffs |
| Plural | der Stoffe |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Stoff; Stoffe |
| Plural | Stoffen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Stoff; Stoffe |
| Plural | den Stoffen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Stoff |
| Plural | Stoffe |
Definite
| Singular | den Stoff |
| Plural | die Stoffe |
Sample Sentences
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Es gibt dieses Semester viel Stoff durchzunehmen. (There's a lot of material to cover this semester.)
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Aber das war die totale Angst davor, dass der Stoff zu rein, zu stark war oder aber mit Strychnin oder anderem Gift gepanscht war. (But the real fear was that the dope was too pure, too strong or was laced with strychnine or some other poison.) [1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.]:]
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auf Stoff (on juice)
Nouns inflected like Stoff
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
First attested in the mid 17th century. Most likely borrowed from Early Modern Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, borrowed from Old French estophe, estoffe, from estoffer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”). The word is ultimately Germanic and was borrowed into Old French from Old High German stoffōn, itself from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, making it a doublet of stopfen (“to stuff, to plug”). See: Dutch Nouns '
stof'.
Verbs referencing "Stoff"
Danish Nouns
stof, Romanian Nouns
stofă, Russian Nouns
штоф, English Nouns
gelbstoff.
Translations