Selen

See also: selen, selén, and selen-

German

Chemical element (edit)
Se Atomic number 34 Selen
Classification data Period 4 Group 16 Block p-block Class nonmetal
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Etymology

Borrowed from French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zeˈleːn]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Selen n (strong, genitive Selens, no plural)

1. selenium

Declension

Declension of Selen [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Selen
genitive	eines	des	Selens
dative	einem	dem	Selen
accusative	ein	das	Selen

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Arsen. Next: Brom

Further reading

• “Selen” in Duden online
• “Selen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Low German

Noun

Selen f (German Low German)

1. plural of Seel

Luxembourgish

Chemical element (edit)
Se Atomic number 34 Selen
Classification data Period 4 Group 16 Block p-block Class nonmetal
Previous: ← Arsen (As)
Next: Brom (Br) →

Noun

Selen ? (uncountable)

1. selenium