Eiche

See also: eiche

German

Eine Eiche — An oak tree (1)

Eichenholz — Oak wood (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German eich, from Old High German eih.

Cognates

Compare Low German Eek, Dutch eik, West Frisian iik, English oak, Danish eg, Swedish ek, and more distantly Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak”), Latvian ozols, Lithuanian ąžuolas, and Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯çə/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯çə

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Noun

Eiche f (genitive Eiche, plural Eichen)

1. (countable) An oak tree, an oak, Quercus; the common tree

   Eichen können über tausend Jahre alt werden.

   Oak trees can reach an age of more than one thousand years.

   Korkeiche ― cork oak

2. (uncountable) oak; the wood of the tree

Declension

Declension of Eiche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Eiche	die	Eichen
genitive	einer	der	Eiche	der	Eichen
dative	einer	der	Eiche	den	Eichen
accusative	eine	die	Eiche	die	Eichen

Synonyms

• (oak tree): Eichbaum, Eichenbaum
• (oak wood): Eichenholz

Hypernyms

• (oak): Baum

Hyponyms

• (oak):
• Korkeiche f, Steineiche f, Stieleiche f

Meronyms

• (oak): Eichel

Derived terms

• eichenartig
• eichern

Related terms

• Eichel f, Eichelhäher m
• Eichholz, Eichkätzchen n
• Eichenast, Eichenbalken, Eichenbaum, Eichenblatt, Eichenhain, Eichenholz, Eichenschrank, Eichentisch, Eichentür

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Eich

See also

• Eichhörnchen

Further reading

• “Eiche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eiche” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Eiche” in Duden online