Küken
German, noun/ˈkyːkən/
Küken is spelled K-Ü-K-E-N (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Küken is a German neuter noun meaning “chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frisch geschlüpfter Vogel”.
What does Küken mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)
- 2
neuterthe youngest in a group
- 3
neuterplug (as in a cask)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. frisch geschlüpfter Vogel 2. ein frisch geschlüpftes Huhn 3. ein Teil einer Absperr-Vorrichtung in der Chemie
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 Küken
- Kükens genitive
- Kücken alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Küken?
- /ˈkyːkən/
- [ˈkyːkən]
- [ˈkyːkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Küken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Küken in German?
Küken appears 3.5 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).