Polyglot Dictionary

Chromosom

/kʁomoˈzoːm/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Chromosomen

Meaning

  1. chromosome

    • Der Mensch hat 46 Chromosomen.

      Humans have 46 chromosomes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

chromosome

chromosome is the French word for the same thing — both mean "chromosome."

Portuguese

cromossomo

cromossomo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "chromosome."

Practice

1 What does Chromosom mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Mensch hat 46 ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Chromosom?

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