Pute

de-noun

Pute f (genitive Pute, plural Puten, masculine Puter)

Pute (genitive)
Puten (plural)
Puter (masculine)
Pute (nominative singular)
Puten (definite nominative plural)
Pute (genitive singular)
Puten (definite genitive plural)
Pute (dative singular)
Puten (dative definite plural)
Pute (accusative singular)
Puten (accusative definite plural)

16th century, from Middle Low German *pūte, imitative of the bird’s (mating) call. Compare German put (with a short vowel), a word used to call chickens and other farm birds (DWDS).

onomatopoeic

imitative


Hahn

de-proper noun

Hahn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hahns or (with an article) Hahn, feminine genitive Hahn, plural Hahns)

Hahns (genitive masculine)
Hahn (genitive masculine)
Hahn (feminine genitive)
Hahns (plural)

From Middle High German hane, from Old High German hano. Compare Dutch haan, Danish hane.

a common surname transferred from the nickname


Huhn

de-noun

Huhn n (strong, genitive Huhnes or Huhns, plural Hühner, diminutive Hühnchen n or Hühnlein n)

Huhnes (genitive)
Huhns (genitive)
Hühner (plural)
Hühnchen (diminutive neuter)
Hühnlein (diminutive neuter)
Huhn (nominative singular)
Hühner (definite nominative plural)
Huhnes (genitive singular)
Huhns (genitive singular)
Hühner (definite genitive plural)
Huhn (dative singular)
Huhne (dative singular)
Hühnern (dative definite plural)
Huhn (accusative singular)
Hühner (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German huon, from Old High German huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn. Compare Dutch hoen. See also German Henne.


Henne

Henne (genitive)
Hennen (plural)
Henne (nominative singular)
Hennen (definite nominative plural)
Henne (genitive singular)
Hennen (definite genitive plural)
Henne (dative singular)
Hennen (dative definite plural)
Henne (accusative singular)
Hennen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German henne, from Old High German henna. Compare Dutch hen, English hen, Danish høne, Icelandic hæna. See also Huhn.

Meine Henne hat schon Eier gelegt.


Rebhuhn

Rebhuhn n (strong, genitive Rebhuhnes or Rebhuhns, plural Rebhühner)

Rebhuhnes (genitive)
Rebhuhns (genitive)
Rebhühner (plural)
Rebhuhn (nominative singular)
Rebhühner (definite nominative plural)
Rebhuhnes (genitive singular)
Rebhuhns (genitive singular)
Rebhühner (definite genitive plural)
Rebhuhn (dative singular)
Rebhuhne (dative singular)
Rebhühnern (dative definite plural)
Rebhuhn (accusative singular)
Rebhühner (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German rëphuon, from Old High German rebhuon, rebahuon, cognate to or adapted from Proto-Slavic *arębъ (“partridge”) which see for related terms.

Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix#Translingual

partridge (Perdix; any bird of the genus of Galliform gamebirds known collectively as the 'true partridges') (Chiefly used in plural.)


Truthahn

Truthahn m (strong, genitive Truthahnes or Truthahns, plural Truthähne, feminine Truthenne)

Truthahnes (genitive)
Truthahns (genitive)
Truthähne (plural)
Truthenne (feminine)
Truthahn (nominative singular)
Truthähne (definite nominative plural)
Truthahnes (genitive singular)
Truthahns (genitive singular)
Truthähne (definite genitive plural)
Truthahn (dative singular)
Truthahne (dative singular)
Truthähnen (dative definite plural)
Truthahn (accusative singular)
Truthähne (accusative definite plural)

From trut + Hahn (“rooster”). The first element is either imitative of the turkey’s call to its young (cf. the etymology of Pute) or alternatively from Middle Low German drōten (“threaten”), improperly adapted to High German, in reference to the male turkey’s seemingly aggressive behavior.


Wachtel

Wachtel f (genitive Wachtel, plural Wachteln)

Wachtel (genitive)
Wachteln (plural)
Wachtel (nominative singular)
Wachteln (definite nominative plural)
Wachtel (genitive singular)
Wachteln (definite genitive plural)
Wachtel (dative singular)
Wachteln (dative definite plural)
Wachtel (accusative singular)
Wachteln (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wachtel, wahtel, from Old High German wahtala, wahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”).


Fasan

Fasan m (strong or mixed, genitive Fasanes or Fasans, plural Fasane or Fasanen)

Fasanes (genitive)
Fasans (genitive)
Fasane (plural)
Fasanen (plural)
Fasan (nominative singular)
Fasane (definite nominative plural)
Fasanen (definite nominative plural)
Fasanes (genitive singular)
Fasans (genitive singular)
Fasane (definite genitive plural)
Fasanen (definite genitive plural)
Fasan (dative singular)
Fasane (dative singular)
Fasanen (dative definite plural)
Fasan (accusative singular)
Fasane (accusative definite plural)
Fasanen (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: faasan

→ Russian: фаза́н (fazán)

→ Serbo-Croatian: fazan

→ Swedish: fasan

From Middle High German fasān, fasant, alteration after Old French fasan(t) of older fashuon, from Old High German fasihuon, itself an alteration based on huon (“chicken”) of unattested *fasiān, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Phasianus colchicus
Phasianus colchicus#Translingual


Auerhahn

Auerhahn m (strong, genitive Auerhahnes or Auerhahns, plural Auerhähne)

Auerhahnes (genitive)
Auerhahns (genitive)
Auerhähne (plural)
Auerhahn (nominative singular)
Auerhähne (definite nominative plural)
Auerhahnes (genitive singular)
Auerhahns (genitive singular)
Auerhähne (definite genitive plural)
Auerhahn (dative singular)
Auerhahne (dative singular)
Auerhähnen (dative definite plural)
Auerhahn (accusative singular)
Auerhähne (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ū̆rhan, influenced by ūr (“aurochs”) (from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr) and originally orhan, ultimately from the root of Auerhuhn, which see.

Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao urogallus#Translingual

male capercaillie or wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)


Auerhuhn

Auerhuhn n (strong, genitive Auerhuhnes or Auerhuhns, plural Auerhühner)

Auerhuhnes (genitive)
Auerhuhns (genitive)
Auerhühner (plural)
Auerhuhn (nominative singular)
Auerhühner (definite nominative plural)
Auerhuhnes (genitive singular)
Auerhuhns (genitive singular)
Auerhühner (definite genitive plural)
Auerhuhn (dative singular)
Auerhuhne (dative singular)
Auerhühnern (dative definite plural)
Auerhuhn (accusative singular)
Auerhühner (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: auerhoen

From Middle High German ûr-han, from Old High German ūr-huon (variant of orre-huon), from Proto-West Germanic *ūrʀahōn, from a compound of the Proto-Germanic elements *urzô (“black grouse ~ capercaillie”) + *hōną (“hen”) (see Huhn), literally "grouse-hen", referring to the bird's call. The first element, which is cognate with Swedish orre and Faroese orri, is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wérsō (“virile, male; male livestock animal, bull calf”). Cognate with German Low German Urhane and Dutch woerhaan (< *worʀahanō).

der

capercaillie, wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)


Puter

de-noun

Puter m (strong, genitive Puters, plural Puter, feminine Pute)

Puters (genitive)
Puter (plural)
Pute (feminine)
Puter (nominative singular)
Puter (definite nominative plural)
Puters (genitive singular)
Puter (definite genitive plural)
Puter (dative singular)
Putern (dative definite plural)
Puter (accusative singular)
Puter (accusative definite plural)


Kapaun

Kapaun m (strong, genitive Kapauns, plural Kapaune)

Kapauns (genitive)
Kapaune (plural)
Kapaun (nominative singular)
Kapaune (definite nominative plural)
Kapauns (genitive singular)
Kapaune (definite genitive plural)
Kapaun (dative singular)
Kapaunen (dative definite plural)
Kapaun (accusative singular)
Kapaune (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kappūn, Old High German chappo; derived from Latin capo. Cognate with Dutch kapoen, English capon, French chapon, Ancient Greek κάπων (kápōn), Italian cappone.

capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)

Friedrich Kluge
John Francis Davis
de:Kapaun


Perlhuhn

Perlhuhn n (strong, genitive Perlhuhnes or Perlhuhns, plural Perlhühner)

Perlhuhnes (genitive)
Perlhuhns (genitive)
Perlhühner (plural)
Perlhuhn (nominative singular)
Perlhühner (definite nominative plural)
Perlhuhnes (genitive singular)
Perlhuhns (genitive singular)
Perlhühner (definite genitive plural)
Perlhuhn (dative singular)
Perlhuhne (dative singular)
Perlhühnern (dative definite plural)
Perlhuhn (accusative singular)
Perlhühner (accusative definite plural)


Glucke

Glucke f (genitive Glucke, plural Glucken)

Glucke (genitive)
Glucken (plural)
Glucke (nominative singular)
Glucken (definite nominative plural)
Glucke (genitive singular)
Glucken (definite genitive plural)
Glucke (dative singular)
Glucken (dative definite plural)
Glucke (accusative singular)
Glucken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German klucke, derived from the verb klucken (“to cluck”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną, of onomatopoeic origin. The g- by dissimilation.

Klucke

northern and central Germany, still widely spoken, occasionally written

cauliflower mushroom
cauliflower mushroom

cauliflower mushroom (mushroom of the genus Sparassis)


Haselhuhn

Haselhuhn n (strong, genitive Haselhuhnes or Haselhuhns, plural Haselhühner)

Haselhuhnes (genitive)
Haselhuhns (genitive)
Haselhühner (plural)
Haselhuhn (nominative singular)
Haselhühner (definite nominative plural)
Haselhuhnes (genitive singular)
Haselhuhns (genitive singular)
Haselhühner (definite genitive plural)
Haselhuhn (dative singular)
Haselhuhne (dative singular)
Haselhühnern (dative definite plural)
Haselhuhn (accusative singular)
Haselhühner (accusative definite plural)


Birkhuhn

Birkhuhn n (strong, genitive Birkhuhnes or Birkhuhns, plural Birkhühner)

Birkhuhnes (genitive)
Birkhuhns (genitive)
Birkhühner (plural)
Birkhuhn (nominative singular)
Birkhühner (definite nominative plural)
Birkhuhnes (genitive singular)
Birkhuhns (genitive singular)
Birkhühner (definite genitive plural)
Birkhuhn (dative singular)
Birkhuhne (dative singular)
Birkhühnern (dative definite plural)
Birkhuhn (accusative singular)
Birkhühner (accusative definite plural)


Schneehuhn

Schneehuhn n (strong, genitive Schneehuhnes or Schneehuhns, plural Schneehühner)

Schneehuhnes (genitive)
Schneehuhns (genitive)
Schneehühner (plural)
Schneehuhn (nominative singular)
Schneehühner (definite nominative plural)
Schneehuhnes (genitive singular)
Schneehuhns (genitive singular)
Schneehühner (definite genitive plural)
Schneehuhn (dative singular)
Schneehuhne (dative singular)
Schneehühnern (dative definite plural)
Schneehuhn (accusative singular)
Schneehühner (accusative definite plural)


Moorhuhn

Moorhuhn n (strong, genitive Moorhuhnes or Moorhuhns, plural Moorhühner)

Moorhuhnes (genitive)
Moorhuhns (genitive)
Moorhühner (plural)
Moorhuhn (nominative singular)
Moorhühner (definite nominative plural)
Moorhuhnes (genitive singular)
Moorhuhns (genitive singular)
Moorhühner (definite genitive plural)
Moorhuhn (dative singular)
Moorhuhne (dative singular)
Moorhühnern (dative definite plural)
Moorhuhn (accusative singular)
Moorhühner (accusative definite plural)

Calque of English moorhen, Moor (“fen, moor”) + Huhn (“hen”).

Lagopus lagopus
Lagopus lagopus#Translingual

willow grouse, willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)


Alpenschneehuhn

Alpenschneehuhn n (strong, genitive Alpenschneehuhnes or Alpenschneehuhns, plural Alpenschneehühner)

Alpenschneehuhnes (genitive)
Alpenschneehuhns (genitive)
Alpenschneehühner (plural)
Alpenschneehuhn (nominative singular)
Alpenschneehühner (definite nominative plural)
Alpenschneehuhnes (genitive singular)
Alpenschneehuhns (genitive singular)
Alpenschneehühner (definite genitive plural)
Alpenschneehuhn (dative singular)
Alpenschneehuhne (dative singular)
Alpenschneehühnern (dative definite plural)
Alpenschneehuhn (accusative singular)
Alpenschneehühner (accusative definite plural)

From Alpen (“Alps”) + Schneehuhn (“ptarmigan”).