Eichhörnchen

== German == === Etymology === Eichhorn +‎ -chen, diminutive of Eichhorn, folk etymology based on Eiche and Horn, but actually from Middle High German eichurne, from Old High German eihhorno, from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō. Cognate with Dutch eekhoorn, eekhoorntje, West Frisian iikhoarntsje, Middle English aquerne, Danish egern, Norwegian Bokmål ekorn, Swedish ekorre, Icelandic íkorni. Possibly related to Old English ācol (“frightened”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯çˌhœʁnçən/ Hyphenation: Eich‧hörn‧chen === Noun === Eichhörnchen n (strong, genitive Eichhörnchens, plural Eichhörnchen) squirrel (in the narrow sense, Sciurus vulgaris) Synonyms: Eichhorn, Eichkätzchen ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Eichhörnchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Eichhörnchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Eichhörnchen” in Duden online Eichhörnchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de