Biosphäre
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German
Etymology
Coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875,[1] from Ancient Greek βιος (bios) and σφαῖρα (sphaîra). By surface analysis, bio- + Sphäre.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Biosphäre f (genitive Biosphäre, plural Biosphären)
Declension
Declension of Biosphäre
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Biosphäre | die | Biosphären |
| genitive | einer | der | Biosphäre | der | Biosphären |
| dative | einer | der | Biosphäre | den | Biosphären |
| accusative | eine | die | Biosphäre | die | Biosphären |
References
- ^ Suess, Eduard (1875) Die Entstehung der Alpen, Vienna: W. Braumüller, page 159: “[...] es lässt sich auf der Oberfläche des Festen eine selbständige Biosphäre unterscheiden. ― on the surface of continents it is possible to single out an independent biosphere.”
Further reading
- “Biosphäre” in Duden online
- “Biosphäre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Biosphäre”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Biosphäre” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon