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neuter

ˈhɛːnçən

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Translation

the chicken (as food); young rooster

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Word origin

A diminutive of Hahn ('rooster, cock') with the suffix -chen.

Origin
Old High German
Root
hano
English cognates
hen

Grammar

Genderneuter
PluralHähnchen

Examples

gebratenes .

For dinner there was fried chicken with chips.

.

You can buy fresh chickens at the market.

herrlich würzig.

The chicken tasted wonderfully spicy.

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