kuiken

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kieken

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kuken, kiken, originally from Proto-Germanic *kiukīną. A modern variant form is kieken. Cognate to German Küken (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Low German) and English chicken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœy̯.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kui‧ken
• Rhymes: -œy̯kən

Noun

kuiken n (plural kuikens, diminutive kuikentje n)

1. (zoology) chick, the hatched young of a bird, especially fowl

Derived terms

• eendenkuiken
• kuikensekser
• piepkuiken
• uilskuiken