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German
- 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
Noun
Küken n (strong, genitive Kükens, plural Küken)
- chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))
- (figuratively) the youngest in a group
- plug (as in a cask)
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Further reading
- “Küken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Küken” in Duden online