Mitochondrium

See also: mitochondrium

German

Alternative forms

• Mitochondrion

Etymology

Coined by German microbiologist Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mitoˈxɔndʁiʊm/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧to‧chon‧dri‧um

Noun

Mitochondrium n (strong, genitive Mitochondriums, plural Mitochondrien)

1. (cytology) mitochondrion (respiratory organelle)

Declension

Declension of Mitochondrium [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mitochondrium	die	Mitochondrien
genitive	eines	des	Mitochondriums	der	Mitochondrien
dative	einem	dem	Mitochondrium	den	Mitochondrien
accusative	ein	das	Mitochondrium	die	Mitochondrien

Descendants

• → English: mitochondrion
• → Galician: mitocondria
• → Hungarian: mitokondrium
• → Norwegian: mitokondrium
• → Portuguese: mitocôndria
• → Russian: митохо́ндрия (mitoxóndrija)
  • → Kazakh: митохондрия (mitoxondriä)
• → Spanish: mitocondria

Further reading

• “Mitochondrium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mitochondrium” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mitochondrium” in Duden online
• “Mitochondrium” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Mitochondrium on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de