Kien

See also: kien, kiên, Kiên, kiện, kiến, and Kiến

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Vietnamese Kiến.
• Borrowed from Dutch and German Kien, a variant of Kuhn.

Proper noun

Kien (plural Kiens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kien is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Kien is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (68.33%) and White (24.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kien”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 301.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kien, from Old High German kien, from Proto-West Germanic *kiʀn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːn/, [kʰiːn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

Kien m (strong, genitive Kienes or Kiens, no plural)

1. resinous wood, fit for firing

Declension

Declension of Kien [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kien
genitive	eines	des	Kienes, Kiens
dative	einem	dem	Kien, Kiene1
accusative	einen	den	Kien

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Kienföhre
• Kienbaum
• Kienberg
• Kienholz
• Kienspan
• Kiental