Urschleim

English

Etymology

From German Urschleim, from ur- +‎ Schleim (“slime”), “primordial slime”.

Noun

Urschleim (uncountable)

  1. Primordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.

German

Etymology

ur- +‎ Schleim (“slime”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Urschleim m (strong, genitive Urschleimes or Urschleims, no plural)

  1. Urschleim

Declension

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.

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