birken
See also: Birken
English
Etymology
From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).
Adjective
birken (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
- 1788, Burns, Robert, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:
- O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;
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German
Etymology
Birke + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪʁkn̩/
Adjective
birken (not comparable)
- birchen
Declension
Declension of birken
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist birken | sie ist birken | es ist birken | sie sind birken | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | birkener | birkene | birkenes | birkene |
| genitive | birkenen | birkener | birkenen | birkener | |
| dative | birkenem | birkener | birkenem | birkenen | |
| accusative | birkenen | birkene | birkenes | birkene | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der birkene | die birkene | das birkene | die birkenen |
| genitive | des birkenen | der birkenen | des birkenen | der birkenen | |
| dative | dem birkenen | der birkenen | dem birkenen | den birkenen | |
| accusative | den birkenen | die birkene | das birkene | die birkenen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein birkener | eine birkene | ein birkenes | (keine) birkenen |
| genitive | eines birkenen | einer birkenen | eines birkenen | (keiner) birkenen | |
| dative | einem birkenen | einer birkenen | einem birkenen | (keinen) birkenen | |
| accusative | einen birkenen | eine birkene | ein birkenes | (keine) birkenen | |
Scots
Alternative forms
- birkin
Etymology
birk + -en.From Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrkən/, /ˈbʌrkən/
- (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbɪrkən/
Adjective
birken (not comparable)
- Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen.
- 1788, Burns, Robert, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:
- O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Derived terms
- birkenshaw