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]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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  1. chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))
  2. (figuratively) the youngest in a group
  3. 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
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
  • Silbermöwenküken
  • Singvogelküken
  • Schneeeulenküken
  • Schwanenküken
  • Spatzenküken
  • Sperlingsküken
  • Stadttaubenküken
  • Steinadlerküken
  • Straußenküken
  • Stubenküken
  • Täubchenküken
  • Taubenküken
  • Turteltaubenküken
  • Uhuküken
  • Vogelküken
  • Wachtelküken
  • Wandertaubenküken
  • Wildtaubenküken
  • Warzenentenküken
  • Zwergsägerküken

Further reading
  • “Küken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Küken” in Duden online
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