Eichen

See also: eichen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eichen.

Proper noun

Eichen

1. A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
2. A surname from German.

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯.ç(ə)n/, [ˈʔaɪ̯.çn̩], [ˈʔaɪ̯.çən]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Eichen

1. plural of Eiche

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯.çən/, [ˈʔaɪ̯.çən], [ˈʔaɪ̯.çɪn], [ˈʔaɪ̯.çn̩]
• Many speakers disallow a syllabic nasal in the diminutive suffix -chen; for them the two etymologies are not homophonic.

Noun

Eichen n (strong, genitive Eichens, plural Eichen or Eierchen)

1. diminutive of Ei: little egg

Declension

Declension of Eichen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Eichen	die	Eichen, Eierchen
genitive	eines	des	Eichens	der	Eichen, Eierchen
dative	einem	dem	Eichen	den	Eichen, Eierchen
accusative	ein	das	Eichen	die	Eichen, Eierchen