Zelle

See also: zelle

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɛlə/
  • Hyphenation: Zel‧le
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Etymology 1

From Latin (Ecclesiastical?) cella.

Noun

Zelle f (genitive Zelle, plural Zellen)

  1. cell (room in a prison)
  2. cell (room in a monastery)
  3. cell (component of a battery)
  4. cell (small group of people)
  5. (cytology) cell
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 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.
Declension
Derived terms
  • zellig
  • zellenförmig
Descendants
  • Polish: cela

Proper noun

Zelle m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zelles or (with an article) Zelle, feminine genitive Zelle, plural Zelles or Zelle)

  1. a surname

Further reading

  • 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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