Chromosom

See also: chromosom

German

Ein Chromosom

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope). Coined by Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer in 1888.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁomoˈzoːm/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Chromosom n (mixed, genitive Chromosoms, plural Chromosomen)

1. chromosome (structure in the cell nucleus)

   Der Mensch hat 46 Chromosomen. ― The human has 46 chromosomes.

Declension

Declension of Chromosom [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Chromosom	die	Chromosomen
genitive	eines	des	Chromosoms	der	Chromosomen
dative	einem	dem	Chromosom	den	Chromosomen
accusative	ein	das	Chromosom	die	Chromosomen

Hyponyms

• Autosom
• Bakterienchromosom
• Extrachromosom
• Geschlechtschromosom
• Gonosom
• Halbchromosom
• Heterochromosom
• Satellitenchromosom
• X-Chromosom
• Y-Chromosom

Related terms

• Chromosomenanomalie
• Chromosomenmutation
• Chromosomensatz
• Chromosomenzahl

Further reading

• “Chromosom”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Chromosom” in Duden online