Hörnchen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhœʁn.çən/
- Hyphenation: Hörn‧chen
Noun
Hörnchen n (strong, genitive Hörnchens, plural Hörnchen)
- Diminutive of Horn
- Ellipsis of Milchhörnchen, a German pastry, shaped like a croissant
- Ellipsis of Eishörnchen (“ice cream cone”).
Declension
Related terms
- Eishörnchen
- Hörncheneis
- Hörnchengurke
- Hörnchenkürbis
Etymology 2
Back-formation from Eichhörnchen (“squirrel”), interpreting the first element as Eiche (“oak”).
Noun
Declension
Related terms
- Eichhörnchen
- Grauhörnchen
- Streifenhörnchen
- Flughörnchen
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