birken
See also: Birken
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
birken (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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
birken (strong nominative masculine singular birkener or birkner, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of birken (uncomparable)
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
birk + -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 edit
birken (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;