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Küken
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kuken
German
Alternative forms
de Kücken Austria, alongside Küken
Etymology
Via de nds-de - from de gml kuken, from de osx *kiukīn, from de gmw-pro *kiukīn chicken. Cognate with nl kuiken, en chicken. A related form is gmh kuchil, whence now obsolete de Küchlein.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkyːkən/ [ˈkyːkən] [ˈkyːkŋ̩]
de De-Küken.ogg
de De-Küken2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Küken3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n
chick young bird, fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)
de figuratively the youngest in a group
plug (as in a cask)
Declension
n
Synonyms
de -baby (de Elsterbaby, de Eulenbaby, de Taubenbaby)
de junger de Vogel
de -junges (de Adlerjunges, de Amseljunges, de Kormoranjunges)
de Jungvogel
de Nestjunges
de Nestling (de Adlernestling, de Falkennestling, de Taubennestling)
de Schlüpfling
de Vogeljunges
de Singerl (regional for a young hen or rooster, maybe derived from singen)
Derived terms
de Adlerküken Albatrosküken Amselküken Araküken Bartgeierküken Brandentenküken Brieftaubenküken Brillenpinguinküken Bussardküken Diamanttäubchenküken Drehküken Eintagsküken Eistaubenküken Elsterküken Entenküken Eulenküken Fasanenküken Gänseküken Gänsesägerküken Großtrappenküken Hahneküken Haussperlingsküken Haustaubenküken Hennenküken Hohltaubenküken Kakaduküken Kanadagänseküken Keaküken Kiwiküken Kolkrabenküken Kondorküken Kormoranküken Kükenvermuser Lachtaubenküken Möwenküken Pfautaubenküken Pinguinküken Putenküken Ringeltaubenküken Silbermöwenküken Singvogelküken Schneeeulenküken Schwanenküken Spatzenküken Sperlingsküken Stadttaubenküken Steinadlerküken Straußenküken Stubenküken Täubchenküken Taubenküken Turteltaubenküken Uhuküken Vogelküken Wachtelküken Wandertaubenküken Wildtaubenküken Warzenentenküken Zwergsägerküken
Further reading
Kueken_Kind_Jungtier Küken
de Birds Baby animals