Hühnergott

== German == === Etymology === Huhn (“chicken, hen”) +‎ Gott (“god”) with epenthesis of -er including umlaut. The origin of the word is unclear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhyːnɐˌɡɔt] Hyphenation: Hüh‧ner‧gott === Noun === Hühnergott m (strong, genitive Hühnergottes or Hühnergotts, plural Hühnergötter) (regional, especially East German) A stone (to be found at the coasts of the Baltic Sea) with generally one, but at times several, naturally formed holes (usually used as amulet, talisman or mascot) being in most cases a flint nodule whose chalk deposits are washed out or weathered; self-bored stone, ≈ adder stone ==== Declension ==== === See also === Alpfuß Drudenstein/Trudenstein/Trutenstein Krottenstein Schratenstein Truttelstein === References === „Hühnergott“ in Wissenschaftlicher Rat der Dudenredaktion (ed.): Duden, Das große Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. In 10 volumes. 3rd, completely revised and extended edition, volume 4: Gele–Impr, Dudenverlag, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 1999, →ISBN, page 1877. === Further reading === “Hühnergott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hühnergott” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Hühnergott” in Duden online Hühnergott on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de „Hühnergott“ in wissen.de — Lexikon