Schiefergas

German

Etymology

From Schiefer +‎ Gas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃiːfɐˌɡaːs]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Schie‧fer‧gas

Noun

Schiefergas n (strong, genitive Schiefergases, plural Schiefergase)

shale gas

Declension

Declension of Schiefergas [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schiefergas	die	Schiefergase
genitive	eines	des	Schiefergases	der	Schiefergase
dative	einem	dem	Schiefergas, Schiefergase¹	den	Schiefergasen
accusative	ein	das	Schiefergas	die	Schiefergase

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

Erdgas

Related terms

Schiefergasförderung, Schiefergaslagerstätte, Schiefergasvorkommen
Schiefergebirge, Schiefertafel, Schieferöl
Ölschiefer

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.