German edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Horn +‎ -chen

Noun edit

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).
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

Hörnchen n (strong, genitive Hörnchens, plural Hörnchen)

  1. squirrel (in the broad sense, member of the family Sciuridae)
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Further reading edit

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