Kien
German, noun/kiːn/
Kien is spelled K-I-E-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kien is a German masculine noun meaning “resinous wood, fit for firing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holz, in dem viel Harz enthalten ist”.
What does Kien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresinous wood, fit for firing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Holz, in dem viel Harz enthalten ist
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 Kien
- Kienes genitive
- Kiens genitive
- Kiene dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kien?
- /kiːn/
- [kʰiːn]
- [kiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kien in German?
Kien appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).