birken
See also: Birken
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).
Adjective
editbirken (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
- 1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:
- O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;
German
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editPronunciation
editAdjective
editbirken (strong nominative masculine singular birkener or birkner, not comparable)
Declension
editPositive forms of birken (uncomparable)
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editbirk + -en. From Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrkən/, /ˈbʌrkən/
- (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbɪrkən/
Adjective
editbirken (not comparable)
- Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen.
- 1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:
- O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;
- O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will clothe the birch grove;
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