Eiche

German

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Eine Eiche — An oak tree (1)

Eichenholz — Oak wood (2)

Etymology

From Old High German eih, from Proto-Germanic *aiks; akin to Low German Eek, Dutch eik, West Frisian iik, English oak, Danish eg, Swedish ek. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ-.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak”), Latvian ozols, Lithuanian ąžuolas, Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈaɪ̯çə]

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯çə

Noun

Eiche f (genitive Eiche, plural Eichen)

1. (botany, countable) An oak tree, an oak (Quercus); the common tree

   Eichen können über tausend Jahre alt werden. — Oak trees can reach an age of more than one thousand years.

   Korkeiche — cork oak

2. (uncountable) oak; the wood of the tree

Declension

declension of Eiche

	singular			plural
f gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Eiche	die	Eichen
genitive	einer	der	Eiche	der	Eichen
dative	einer	der	Eiche	den	Eichen
accusative	eine	die	Eiche	die	Eichen

Hypernyms

• (oak): Baum

Meronyms

• (oak): Eichel

Synonyms

• (oak tree): Eichenbaum
• (oak wood): Eichenholz

Related terms

• Eichel f
• Eichkätzchen n
• Eichelhäher m

• Steineiche f
• Stieleiche f

See also

• Eichhörnchen