Hormon

See also: hormon and hormón

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔʁˈmoːn/

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• Rhymes: -oːn
• Hyphenation: Hor‧mon

Noun

Hormon n (strong, genitive Hormons, plural Hormone)

1. hormone

Declension

Declension of Hormon [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hormon	die	Hormone
genitive	eines	des	Hormons	der	Hormone
dative	einem	dem	Hormon	den	Hormonen
accusative	ein	das	Hormon	die	Hormone

Further reading

• “Hormon” in Duden online
• “Hormon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache