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]
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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