Küken
See also: kuken
German
Alternative forms
- Kücken (Austria, alongside Küken)
Etymology
Via German Low German from Middle Low German kuken, from Old Saxon *kiukīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”). Cognate with Dutch kuiken, English chicken. A related form is Middle High German kuchil, whence now obsolete Küchlein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkyːkən/, [ˈkyːkən], [ˈkyːkŋ̩]
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Noun
Küken n (strong, genitive Kükens, plural Küken)
- chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))
- (figuratively) the youngest in a group
- plug (as in a cask)
Synonyms
- -baby (Elsterbaby, Eulenbaby, Taubenbaby)
- junger Vogel
- -junges (Adlerjunges, Amseljunges, Kormoranjunges)
- Jungvogel
- Nestjunges
- Nestling (Adlernestling, Falkennestling, Taubennestling)
- Schlüpfling
- Vogeljunges
- Singerl (regional for a young hen or rooster, maybe derived from singen)
Derived terms
- 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
- Schneeeulenküken
- Schwanenküken
- Silbermöwenküken
- Singvogelküken
- Spatzenküken
- Sperlingsküken
- Stadttaubenküken
- Steinadlerküken
- Straußenküken
- Stubenküken
- Täubchenküken
- Taubenküken
- Turteltaubenküken
- Uhuküken
- Vogelküken
- Wachtelküken
- Wandertaubenküken
- Warzenentenküken
- Wildtaubenküken
- Zwergsägerküken