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Karnickel
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German
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Etymology
de
From earlier de nds-de Kanickel, from a variant of de gml kanīn, from de frm connin (see de Kaninchen). The form is probably based on de la cunīculus. The -r- might have entered the word from the Brandenburg area, where non-rhotic and strongly rhotic Low German dialects neighboured. The word was probably pronounced with [äː], a sound close to the northern Brandenburg realisation of /ar/, which is [aː]. This led to a pronunciation with [ar] for some southern, rhotic speakers, which was still considered a random idiosyncrasy in 1903.
Pronunciation
de /kaʁˈnɪkəl/ [kaːˈnɪkl̩] [kaʁˈnɪkl̩]
de De-Karnickel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n chen
de Northern Germany rabbit
de Hase<q:colloquial> ; Kaninchen
Declension
n
Synonyms
de Stallhase (de Hauskaninchen)
Derived terms
de Karnickelbock Karnickelfutter Karnickelkreislauf Karnickelschein Karnickelschwanz Karnickelstall sich wie die Karnickel vermehren sich wie Karnickel vermehren Versuchskarnickel
Further reading
de Rabbits