Schießpulver

German

Alternative forms

Schiesspulver (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

schießen (“to shoot”) +‎ Pulver (“powder”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃiːsˌpʊlfɐ], [ˈʃiːsˌpʊlvɐ]
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Hyphenation: Schieß‧pul‧ver

Noun

Schießpulver n (strong, genitive Schießpulvers, plural Schießpulver)

gunpowder

Declension

Declension of Schießpulver [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schießpulver	die	Schießpulver
genitive	eines	des	Schießpulvers	der	Schießpulver
dative	einem	dem	Schießpulver	den	Schießpulvern
accusative	ein	das	Schießpulver	die	Schießpulver

Related terms

Pulverfass, Pulverturm, Pulverqualm
Schwarzpulver, Brausepulver, Hustenpulver

Further reading

“Schießpulver” in Duden online
“Schießpulver” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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