Hühnchen
German, noun/ˈhyːn.çən/
Hühnchen is spelled H-Ü-H-N-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hühnchen is a German neuter noun meaning “chicken (meat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of Huhn. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jung geschlachtetes Huhn”.
What does Hühnchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Huhn
- 2
neuterchicken (meat)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jung geschlachtetes Huhn
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hühnchen
- Hühnchens genitive
- Hühnerchen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hühnchen?
- /ˈhyːn.çən/
- [ˈhyːnçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hühnchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hühnchen in German?
Hühnchen appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).