"Küken" meaning in German

See Küken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkyːkən/, [ˈkyːkən], [ˈkyːkŋ̩] Audio: De-Küken.ogg Forms: Kükens [genitive], Küken [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds-de|-}} German Low German, {{der|de|gml|kuken}} Middle Low German kuken, {{der|de|osx|*kiukīn}} Old Saxon *kiukīn, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*kiukīn|t=chicken}} Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”), {{cog|nl|kuiken}} Dutch kuiken, {{cog|en|chicken}} English chicken, {{cog|gmh|kuchil}} Middle High German kuchil Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Küken n (strong, genitive Kükens, plural Küken)
  1. chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Küken-de-noun-KQ2M6eLx
  2. (figuratively) the youngest in a group Tags: figuratively, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Küken-de-noun-7qt~zpcM
  3. plug (as in a cask) Tags: neuter, strong Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Birds
    Sense id: en-Küken-de-noun-mP~Rk0~O Disambiguation of Baby animals: 38 6 56 Disambiguation of Birds: 32 4 64 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 10 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 7 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -baby (alt: Elsterbaby, Eulenbaby, Taubenbaby), junger Vogel, -junges (alt: Adlerjunges, Amseljunges, Kormoranjunges), Jungvogel, Nestjunges, Nestling (alt: Adlernestling, Falkennestling, Taubennestling), Schlüpfling, Vogeljunges, Singerl (english: regional for a young hen or rooster, maybe derived from singen), Kücken (alongside Küken) [Austria]
Derived forms: 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

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈkyːkən/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkyːkən]"
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      "alt": "Elsterbaby, Eulenbaby, Taubenbaby",
      "word": "-baby"
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      "word": "junger Vogel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "Adlerjunges, Amseljunges, Kormoranjunges",
      "word": "-junges"
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      "word": "Jungvogel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Nestjunges"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "Adlernestling, Falkennestling, Taubennestling",
      "word": "Nestling"
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      "word": "Schlüpfling"
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      "word": "Adlerküken"
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      "word": "Albatrosküken"
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      "word": "Araküken"
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      "word": "Bartgeierküken"
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      "word": "Brandentenküken"
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      "word": "Bussardküken"
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      "word": "Eintagsküken"
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      "word": "Elsterküken"
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      "word": "Entenküken"
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    {
      "word": "Eulenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fasanenküken"
    },
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      "word": "Gänseküken"
    },
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      "word": "Gänsesägerküken"
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      "word": "Großtrappenküken"
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    },
    {
      "word": "Hennenküken"
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      "word": "Hohltaubenküken"
    },
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      "word": "Kakaduküken"
    },
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      "word": "Kanadagänseküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Keaküken"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "Kolkrabenküken"
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      "word": "Kondorküken"
    },
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      "word": "Kükenvermuser"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "Ringeltaubenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schneeeulenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Silbermöwenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singvogelküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spatzenküken"
    },
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      "word": "Sperlingsküken"
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      "word": "Stadttaubenküken"
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    {
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      "word": "Wachtelküken"
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        "the youngest in a group"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "youngest",
          "youngest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the youngest in a group"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plug (as in a cask)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "cask",
          "cask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkyːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkyːkən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkyːkŋ̩]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Küken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/De-K%C3%BCken.ogg/De-K%C3%BCken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/De-K%C3%BCken.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "Elsterbaby, Eulenbaby, Taubenbaby",
      "word": "-baby"
    },
    {
      "word": "junger Vogel"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Adlerjunges, Amseljunges, Kormoranjunges",
      "word": "-junges"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jungvogel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nestjunges"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Adlernestling, Falkennestling, Taubennestling",
      "word": "Nestling"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schlüpfling"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vogeljunges"
    },
    {
      "english": "regional for a young hen or rooster, maybe derived from singen",
      "word": "Singerl"
    },
    {
      "roman": "alongside Küken",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "word": "Kücken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Küken"
}

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