Karnickel

German

Etymology

From earlier German Low German Kanickel, from a variant of Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle French connin (see Kaninchen). The form is probably based on Latin 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
  • IPA(key): /kaʁˈnɪkəl/, [kaːˈnɪkl̩], [kaʁˈnɪkl̩]
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (Northern Germany) rabbit
    Synonyms: (colloquial) Hase; Kaninchen

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • Karnickelbock
  • Karnickelfutter
  • Karnickelkreislauf
  • Karnickelschein
  • Karnickelschwanz
  • Karnickelstall
  • sich wie die Karnickel vermehren
  • sich wie Karnickel vermehren
  • Versuchskarnickel

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