enzym

See also: Enzym and enzým

English

Noun

enzym (countable and uncountable, plural enzyms)

1. Archaic form of enzyme.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛnzɪm]

• Audio:

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Noun

enzym m inan

1. enzyme (catalytic protein)

Declension

Declension of enzym (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	enzym	enzymy
genitive	enzymu	enzymů
dative	enzymu	enzymům
accusative	enzym	enzymy
vocative	enzyme	enzymy
locative	enzymu	enzymech
instrumental	enzymem	enzymy

Related terms

• koenzym

Further reading

• “enzym”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “enzym”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “enzym”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From German Enzym, created in 1878, by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

Noun

enzym n (singular definite enzymet, plural indefinite enzymer)

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

Inflection

Declension of enzym

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	enzym	enzymet	enzymer	enzymerne
genitive	enzyms	enzymets	enzymers	enzymernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Enzym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈzim/
• Hyphenation: en‧zym
• Rhymes: -im

Noun

enzym n (plural enzymen, diminutive enzympje n)

1. enzyme

Derived terms

• enzymatisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: enzim

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Coined in German as Enzym from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

Noun

enzym n (definite singular enzymet, indefinite plural enzym or enzymer, definite plural enzyma or enzymene)

1. (biochemistry) an enzyme

References

• “enzym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Coined in German as Enzym, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

Noun

enzym n (definite singular enzymet, indefinite plural enzym, definite plural enzyma)

1. (biochemistry) an enzyme

References

• “enzym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.zɘm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnzɘm
• Syllabification: en‧zym

Noun

enzym m inan

1. enzyme (catalytic protein)

Declension

Declension of enzym

	singular	plural
nominative	enzym	enzymy
genitive	enzymu	enzymów
dative	enzymowi	enzymom
accusative	enzym	enzymy
instrumental	enzymem	enzymami
locative	enzymie	enzymach
vocative	enzymie	enzymy

Derived terms

nousn

• antyenzym
• apoenzym

Further reading

• enzym in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• enzym in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

enzym n

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

Declension

Declension of enzym

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	enzym	enzyms
	definite	enzymet	enzymets
plural	indefinite	enzym	enzyms
	definite	enzymen	enzymens