Kätzchen

German

Etymology

Katze (“cat”) +‎ -chen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛtsçən/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Kätz‧chen

Noun

Kätzchen n (strong, genitive Kätzchens, plural Kätzchen)

Diminutive of Katze: kitten; little cat; endearing cat
catkin (type of blossom)

Declension

Declension of Kätzchen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kätzchen	die	Kätzchen
genitive	eines	des	Kätzchens	der	Kätzchen
dative	einem	dem	Kätzchen	den	Kätzchen
accusative	ein	das	Kätzchen	die	Kätzchen

Synonyms

(kitten): Katzenjunges; Katzenkind; Katzenwelpe (all restricted to “baby cat”, unlike the lemma)

Further reading

“Kätzchen” in Duden online
“Kätzchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Kaz (“cat”) +‎ -chen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæt͡sɕən/

Noun

Kätzchen f (plural Kätzercher)

Diminutive of Kaz: kitten; little cat; endearing cat

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