"Autotroph" meaning in German

See Autotroph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌaʊ̯toˈtʁoːf/
Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak}} Autotroph m (weak, genitive Autotrophen, plural Autotrophen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Autotrophen [genitive], Autotrophen [plural], weak [table-tags], Autotroph [nominative, singular], Autotrophen [definite, nominative, plural], Autotrophen [genitive, singular], Autotrophen [definite, genitive, plural], Autotrophen [dative, singular], Autotrophen [dative, definite, plural], Autotrophen [accusative, singular], Autotrophen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (biology, rare) autotroph Tags: masculine, rare, weak Categories (topical): Biology Coordinate_terms: Heterotroph
    Sense id: en-Autotroph-de-noun-T7eMlWnp Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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    },
    {
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    },
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    {
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    },
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      "form": "Autotrophen",
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  "lang": "German",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "english": "When an autotroph encounters another while spreading its crust, the growth of both comes to a halt. This is because, on the one hand, both now lack the essential substrate, and on the other hand, neither requires a lichenized body for its survival.",
          "ref": "1896, Arthur Minks, Die protrophie: eine neue Lehensgemeinschaft, in ihren auffälligsten Erscheinungen, pages 204-205:",
          "text": "Begegnet ein Autotroph bei der Ausbreitung seiner Kruste einem anderen, so gelangt der Wuchs beider zum Stillstande, denn einerseits fehlt nun beiden der unentbehrliche Boden, und andererseits bedarf keiner eines lichenischen Körpers zu seinem Fortkommen.",
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          "english": "Given the diverse possibilities of autotrophs to assimilate CO₂, it seemed surprising that heterotrophs should have completely lost this ability.",
          "ref": "1952, Albrecht Bethe, Allgemeine Physiologie, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 22:",
          "text": "Bei den vielartigen Möglichkeiten der Autotrophen, CO₂ zu assimilieren, erschien es verwunderlich, daß den Heterotrophen diese Fähigkeit ganz verlorengegangen sein sollte.",
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          "english": "He was — or rather, they were, for life likely arose in multiple places, at different times, and in various forms — probably only a little bit alive. An autotroph that metabolized hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen, and could not tolerate oxygen.",
          "ref": "2019 April 15, Jessica Braun, Atmen: Wie die einfachste Sache der Welt unser Leben verändert, Kein & Aber AG, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Er war — beziehungsweise: sie waren, denn das Leben entstand wohl an mehreren Orten, zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten und in verschiedenen Varianten — wahrscheinlich nur ein bisschen lebendig. Ein Autotroph, der Wasserstoff, Kohlendioxid und Stickstoff verstoffwechselte und Sauerstoff nicht vertrug.",
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          "english": "When an autotroph encounters another while spreading its crust, the growth of both comes to a halt. This is because, on the one hand, both now lack the essential substrate, and on the other hand, neither requires a lichenized body for its survival.",
          "ref": "1896, Arthur Minks, Die protrophie: eine neue Lehensgemeinschaft, in ihren auffälligsten Erscheinungen, pages 204-205:",
          "text": "Begegnet ein Autotroph bei der Ausbreitung seiner Kruste einem anderen, so gelangt der Wuchs beider zum Stillstande, denn einerseits fehlt nun beiden der unentbehrliche Boden, und andererseits bedarf keiner eines lichenischen Körpers zu seinem Fortkommen.",
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          "english": "Given the diverse possibilities of autotrophs to assimilate CO₂, it seemed surprising that heterotrophs should have completely lost this ability.",
          "ref": "1952, Albrecht Bethe, Allgemeine Physiologie, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 22:",
          "text": "Bei den vielartigen Möglichkeiten der Autotrophen, CO₂ zu assimilieren, erschien es verwunderlich, daß den Heterotrophen diese Fähigkeit ganz verlorengegangen sein sollte.",
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          "ref": "2019 April 15, Jessica Braun, Atmen: Wie die einfachste Sache der Welt unser Leben verändert, Kein & Aber AG, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Er war — beziehungsweise: sie waren, denn das Leben entstand wohl an mehreren Orten, zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten und in verschiedenen Varianten — wahrscheinlich nur ein bisschen lebendig. Ein Autotroph, der Wasserstoff, Kohlendioxid und Stickstoff verstoffwechselte und Sauerstoff nicht vertrug.",
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