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]

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Noun

Küken n (strong, genitive Kükens, plural Küken)

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