Urschleim
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Urschleim, from ur- + Schleim (“slime”), “primordial slime”.
Noun edit
Urschleim (uncountable)
- Primordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Urschleim m (strong, genitive Urschleimes or Urschleims, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Urschleim [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Urschleim |
| genitive | eines | des | Urschleimes, Urschleims |
| dative | einem | dem | Urschleim, Urschleime1 |
| accusative | einen | den | Urschleim |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading edit
- “Urschleim” in Duden online
chemische Evolution on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
