Auerhuhn
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German ûr-han, from Old High German ūr-huon (variant of orre-huon), from Proto-West Germanic *ūrʀahōn, from a compound of the Proto-Germanic elements *urzô (“black grouse ~ capercaillie”) + *hōną (“hen”) (see Huhn), literally "grouse-hen", referring to the bird's call. The first element, which is cognate with Swedish orre and Faroese orri, is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wérsō (“virile, male; male livestock animal, bull calf”). Cognate with German Low German Urhane and Dutch woerhaan (< *worʀahanō).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
Auerhuhn n (strong, genitive Auerhuhnes or Auerhuhns, plural Auerhühner)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Auerhuhn [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Auerhuhn | die | Auerhühner |
genitive | eines | des | Auerhuhnes, Auerhuhns | der | Auerhühner |
dative | einem | dem | Auerhuhn, Auerhuhne1 | den | Auerhühnern |
accusative | ein | das | Auerhuhn | die | Auerhühner |
1Now rare, see notes.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: auerhoen
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Fowls