German Conversation · Level 10
89 words
German word
Huhn
Pronunciation
IPA/huːn/
Meaning
- neuter nounchicken
Example
Das Huhn legt jeden Morgen ein Ei.
The chicken lays an egg every morning.
More examples
Im Restaurant bestellte er ein Brathuhn für die ganze Familie.
At the restaurant, he ordered a roast chicken for the whole family.
Core concept
A domestic chicken moving around a farmyard, with eggs as its product and meat as another use.
Common phrases
Brathuhn bestellen
order roast chicken
gebratenes Huhn
fried chicken
Similar words
Henne: A mature female chicken that lays eggs.
Hahn: A mature male chicken recognized by its morning crow.
Hähnchen: Meat from a young chicken, often used in prepared dishes.
Geflügel: A collective term for birds kept as food.
Definition in German
Ein domestizierter Vogel, den Menschen wegen seiner Eier und seines Fleisches halten.
Word origin
The modern form Huhn developed from Old High German huon through Middle High German hun as part of the inherited Germanic vocabulary.
Usage tips
- English chicken covers the bird and its meat, while German uses Huhn similarly but uses Hahn for a male and Henne for a female.
Other meanings
- hennoun
Related words
- Brathuhnroast chickennoun
- Hühnerfleischchicken meatnoun
- Hühnereichicken eggnoun