noun
addictive substance, drug, narcotic
B1
Suchtmittel (das Suchtmittel) means an addictive substance, drug, or narcotic; often used collectively. Note the plural is identical (die Suchtmittel) and it can be countable or mass noun. Standard declension adds -s in genitive singular (des Suchtmittels). No verb properties; noun only.
Examples
Alkohol und Nikotin sind legale Suchtmittel.
Alcohol and nicotine are legal addictive substances.
Das Krankenhaus hat Richtlinien zum Umgang mit betäubenden Suchtmitteln.
The hospital has rules for handling narcotics.
Die Polizei beschlagnahmte eine große Menge illegaler Suchtmittel.
The police seized a large amount of illegal drugs.
Details
Mnemonics
a medicine bottle with a warning label 'Suchtmittel' and a no-entry sign
sounds like 'sookt-mittel' — think 'mittel' (means 'substance') that causes 'Sucht'
das — imagine a box labeled 'DAS' holding the substance
Notes
Formal/technical term for substances that can cause addiction; context often medical, legal, or pharmaceutical.