birken

From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).

birken (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
   • 1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:

     O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;

Birke +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʁkn̩/

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birken (strong nominative masculine singular birkener or birkner, not comparable)

1. (relational) birch

• birkin

birk +‎ -en. From Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrkən/, /ˈbʌrkən/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪrkən/

birken (not comparable)

1. Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen.
   • 1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:

     O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;

     O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will clothe the birch grove;

• birkenshaw