Kindchen

German

Etymology

Kind +‎ -chen

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kindchen n (genitive Kindchens, plural Kinderchen or Kindchen)

Diminutive of Kind

Usage notes

The plural Kinderchen is more common than unchanged Kindchen. (This is an exceptional case: other plurals with infixed -er-, such as Lämmerchen, are less common than the respective unchanged form.)

Declension

Declension of Kindchen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kindchen	die	Kinderchen
genitive	eines	des	Kindchens	der	Kinderchen
dative	einem	dem	Kindchen	den	Kinderchen
accusative	ein	das	Kindchen	die	Kinderchen

Declension of Kindchen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kindchen	die	Kindchen
genitive	eines	des	Kindchens	der	Kindchen
dative	einem	dem	Kindchen	den	Kindchen
accusative	ein	das	Kindchen	die	Kindchen

Further reading

Kindchen in Duden online

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