Kaninchen
German, noun/kaˈniːnçən/
Kaninchen is spelled K-A-N-I-N-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaninchen is a German neuter noun meaning “rabbit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein dem Feldhasen ähnlich aussehendes Tier, aber kleiner und mit kürzeren Ohren”.
What does Kaninchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrabbit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein dem Feldhasen ähnlich aussehendes Tier, aber kleiner und mit kürzeren Ohren 2. Fleisch dieses Kaninchens unter [1], Fell dieses Tieres
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 Kaninchen
- Kaninchens genitive
- Kan. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaninchen?
- /kaˈniːnçən/
- [kaˈniːnçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaninchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaninchen in German?
Kaninchen appears 8.7 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).