Rotkehlchen

German

Etymology

From rot (“red”) +‎ Kehle (“throat”) +‎ -chen (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːtˌkeːlçən/
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Hyphenation: Rot‧kehl‧chen

Noun

Rotkehlchen n (strong, genitive Rotkehlchens, plural Rotkehlchen)

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Declension

Declension of Rotkehlchen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rotkehlchen	die	Rotkehlchen
genitive	eines	des	Rotkehlchens	der	Rotkehlchen
dative	einem	dem	Rotkehlchen	den	Rotkehlchen
accusative	ein	das	Rotkehlchen	die	Rotkehlchen

Further reading

“Rotkehlchen” in Duden online
“Rotkehlchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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