Keenich
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Keenich m
- (Erzgebirgisch) king
- freie wie e klaanr Keenich
- free like a small king
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Keenich m (plural Keenich, feminine Keenichin)
- king
- De Keenich is gestorreb.
- The king has died.
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Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning. Compare German König. Cognate to Dutch koning, English king.
Noun edit
Keenich m (plural Keenich, feminine Keenichn)