Schweinchen

German

Etymology

Schwein +‎ -chen. In the sense of "jack-ball", a semantic loan from French cochonnet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃvaɪ̯nçən]

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• Hyphenation: Schwein‧chen

Noun

Schweinchen n (strong, genitive Schweinchens, plural Schweinchen)

1. diminutive of Schwein, piggy
2. jack-ball

   Synonyms: Zielkugel, Sau

Declension

Declension of Schweinchen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schweinchen	die	Schweinchen
genitive	eines	des	Schweinchens	der	Schweinchen
dative	einem	dem	Schweinchen	den	Schweinchen
accusative	ein	das	Schweinchen	die	Schweinchen

Derived terms

• schweinchenrosa

Further reading

• Schweinchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Schweinchen” in Duden online
• “Schweinchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache