Karnickel

Concepts

rabbit

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bunnies

bunny

rabbits

scapegoat

Synonyms

Kaninchen

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Hase

Schlappohr

Sündenbock

Häschen

Häslein

Kaninchenfell

Hauskaninchen

Wildkaninchen

Kanin

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Lapinchen

Hoppelhäslein

Translations

konijn

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lapin

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tavşan

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conejo

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conill

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coelho

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coniglio

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κουνέλι

lapin

cuniculus

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xirrnîfk

kêroşk

conilh

capro espiatorio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʁˈnɪkəl/

Etymology

From earlier German Low German Kanickel, from a variant of Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle French connin (see Kaninchen). The form is probably based on Latin cunīculus. The -r-might have entered the word from the Brandenburg area, where non-rhotic and strongly rhotic Low German dialects neighboured. The word was probably pronounced with [äː], a sound close to the northern Brandenburg realisation of /ar/, which is [aː]. This led to a pronunciation with [ar] for some southern, rhotic speakers, which was still considered a random idiosyncrasy in 1903.