Polyglot Dictionary

Hühnerei

/ˈhyːnɐˌʔaɪ̯/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hühnereier

Meaning

  1. hen's egg

    Built from Huhn (hen) + Ei (egg).

    • Ein Hühnerei kostet zwanzig Cent.

      A hen's egg costs twenty cents.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Huhn hen
  • Ei egg

Practice

1 What does Hühnerei mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ kostet zwanzig Cent.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hühnerei?

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