See also: Birken

English

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Etymology

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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

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birken (not comparable)

  1. (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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Etymology

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Birke +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪʁkn̩/
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birken (strong nominative masculine singular birkener or birkner, not comparable)

  1. (relational) birch

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Scots

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Etymology

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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.

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birken (not comparable)

  1. 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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