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)

  1. (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;

German

Etymology

Birke +‎ -en

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪʁkn̩/

Adjective

birken (not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

Derived terms
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