hoen

Meaning

1. (neuter) a fowl, a gallinaceous bird
2. (neuter) the domestic chicken, genus Gallus
3. (neuter) the partridge

Concepts

chicken

🐔

fowl

hen

🐔

Synonyms

hen

kip

🐔

kippevlees

leghoen

tinamoe

Translations

Huhn

🐔

poule

🐔

gallina

🐔

tavuk

🐔

κοτόπουλο

mirîşk

🐔

Hühnchen

pollastre

gallo

🐓

pollo

🐔

gallina

🐔

galina

Hähnchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦun/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: hoen

Inherited from Old Dutch: *huon

Cognate with German: Huhn

Cognate with Low German: Hohn

In summary

From Middle Dutch hoen, from Old Dutch *huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōną. Cognate with German Huhn, Low German Hohn.