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Nervenzelle

Nervenzelle is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Nervenzellen
English
nerve cell, neuron
Level
C1
Topic
Thinking

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Why is it die Nervenzelle?

Nervenzelle is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Zelle. So it’s die Nervenzelle.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] cell that forwards excitement

[1] Zelle, die Erregungen weiterleitet

Examples

[1] Most nerve cells are in the brain and in the spinal cord

[1] Die meisten Nervenzellen befinden sich im Gehirn und im Rückenmark.

[1] "Every new experience also linked the nerve cells again and again"

[1] „Jede neue Erfahrung verknüpft auch die Nervenzellen immer wieder neu miteinander.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Nervenzelle die Nervenzellen
Genitiv der Nervenzelle der Nervenzellen
Dativ der Nervenzelle den Nervenzellen
Akkusativ die Nervenzelle die Nervenzellen

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