Nomen

die Chemikalie

chemical

Diese Chemikalie ist sehr gefährlich.

This chemical is very dangerous.

Man muss mit Chemikalien vorsichtig sein.

One must be careful with chemicals.

to handle ((chemicals)) Mit diesen Chemikalien muss man vorsichtig umgehen.

Substanz (substance), Stoff (material/substance)

Derived from 'Chemie' (chemistry), with the suffix '-alie' often used for substances.

It looks and sounds very similar to the English word 'chemical'. Just remember the German spelling and the 'die' article.

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