Spezies

German

Alternative forms

• Species (archaic)
• Spezie (nonstandard; backformation)

Etymology

From Latin speciēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpeːtsi̯əs/ (normal)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpeːtsi̯ɛs/, /ˈsp-/ (learned; singular)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpeːtsi̯eːs/, /ˈsp-/ (learned; singular or plural)

Noun

Spezies f (genitive Spezies, plural Spezies or Spezien)

1. (biology, chemistry) species

   Synonym: Art

Usage notes

• The plural Spezien is now nonstandard, though it does see some usage in printed works. It seems to have been used more often in the 19th century.

Declension

Declension of Spezies [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Spezies	die	Spezies, Spezien
genitive	einer	der	Spezies	der	Spezies, Spezien
dative	einer	der	Spezies	den	Spezies, Spezien
accusative	eine	die	Spezies	die	Spezies, Spezien

Derived terms

• Chronospezies
• Morphospezies
• Subspezies

Further reading

• Spezies on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Spezies” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache