Zelle
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See also: zelle
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Celle (obsolete)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtsɛlə/
Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə
- Hyphenation: Zel‧le
- Homophone: Celle
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German zelle, from Old High German zella (9th century), from Ecclesiastical Latin cella. The cytological sense (17th c.) is a semantic loan from English cell (coined by Robert Hooke).
Noun
[edit]Zelle f (genitive Zelle, plural Zellen, diminutive Zellchen n)
- cell (segregated room)
- in a monastery or convent
- Synonyms: Klosterzelle, Klause
- in a prison
- Synonyms: Gefängniszelle, (officialese) Haftraum
- in a monastery or convent
- (cytology) cell
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 5/2010, page 106:
- Eine neue Generation hochauflösender Lichtmikroskope revolutioniert die Biologie: Erstmals können die Forscher auch molekulare Strukturen in lebenden Zellen beobachten.
- A new generation of high-resolution optical microscopes is revolutionizing biology: for the first time researchers are able to also watch molecular structures in living cells.
- cell (component of a battery)
- cell (small, organised, often clandestine group of people)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Zelle [feminine]
Alternative forms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]segregated room
clandestine group
battery
cytology
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: cela
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zelle m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Zelles or (with an article) Zelle, plural Zelles or Zelle)
- a surname
Further reading
[edit]- “Zelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zelle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zelle” in Duden online
Zelle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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