Hörnchen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhœʁn.çən/
  • Hyphenation: Hörn‧chen

Etymology 1

Horn +‎ -chen

Noun

Hörnchen n (strong, genitive Hörnchens, plural Hörnchen)

  1. Diminutive of Horn
  2. Ellipsis of Milchhörnchen, a German pastry, shaped like a croissant
  3. Ellipsis of Eishörnchen (“ice cream cone”).
Declension
  • Eishörnchen
  • Hörncheneis
  • Hörnchengurke
  • Hörnchenkürbis

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Eichhörnchen (“squirrel”), interpreting the first element as Eiche (“oak”).

Noun

Hörnchen n (strong, genitive Hörnchens, plural Hörnchen)

  1. squirrel (in the broad sense, member of the family Sciuridae)
Declension

Further reading

  • “Hörnchen” in Duden online
  • “Hörnchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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