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/
  • (file)

Noun

väte n (uncountable)

  1. hydrogen

Declension

Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) vätet
Genitive vätes vätets

References

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