"Chromosom" meaning in German

See Chromosom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʁomoˈzoːm/ Audio: De-Chromosom.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -oːm Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope). Coined by Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer in 1888. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:af|grc:χρῶμᾰ<id:skin>|grc:σῶμα<id:body>|id=chromosome}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "χρῶμᾰ", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "body", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tewh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*twoH-mn̥", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*twṓmə", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*styeH-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "suffix", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)tyoH-mn̥", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*styṓmə", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σῶμα", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Chromosom", "lang" : "de" }" data-id="chromosome" data-lang="de" data-title="Chromosom" id="German:_chromosome">, {{der|de|grc|χρῶμᾰ||colour}} Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă, “colour”), {{coin|de|Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer|in=1888|nobycat=1}} Coined by Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer in 1888 Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,en}} Chromosom n (mixed, genitive Chromosoms, plural Chromosomen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,en}} Forms: Chromosoms [genitive], Chromosomen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Chromosom [nominative, singular], Chromosomen [definite, nominative, plural], Chromosoms [genitive, singular], Chromosomen [definite, genitive, plural], Chromosom [dative, singular], Chromosomen [dative, definite, plural], Chromosom [accusative, singular], Chromosomen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. chromosome (structure in the cell nucleus) Tags: mixed, neuter Hyponyms: Autosom, Bakterienchromosom, Extrachromosom, Geschlechtschromosom, Gonosom, Halbchromosom, Heterochromosom, Satellitenchromosom, X-Chromosom, Y-Chromosom Related terms: Chromosomenanomalie, Chromosomenmutation, Chromosomensatz, Chromosomenzahl

Inflected forms

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