Chicken
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See also: chicken
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Chosen instead of ptarmigan (a common local bird) because of a dispute over the correct spelling.
Proper noun[edit]
Chicken
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English chicken.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈ(t)ʃɪkən/, [ˈtʃɪkən], [ˈtʃɪkŋ̩], [ˈʃɪkən], [ˈʃɪkŋ̩]
- Homophone: schicken (according to the pronunciation without /t-/)
Noun[edit]
Chicken n (strong, genitive Chickens or Chicken, no plural)
Usage notes[edit]
- The word is used chiefly in compounds directly borrowed from English. However, there is also some independent productive use, for example in forms like Chickendöner (“chicken kebab”).
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Census-designated places in Alaska, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Alaska, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German uncountable nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cooking