Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paprikahuhn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-prikahuhn
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chicken paprikash, a popular Hungarian dish.

Dated

Example Sentences

"“Of course the Herr will desire to choose from the bill of fare something national, a gulyás, for instance, or a páprikahuhn.” But páprika, or Hungarian pepper, whether applied to a meat stew or to a fowl, is not altogether to the stranger's taste."
"The April 29th dinner will be an Austrian Maifest, with a special menu including Gefullter Pragerschenken and Paprikahuhner and a choice selection of Austrian wines. Suitable music will be piped in for the occasion."

Etymology

From German Paprikahuhn (“chicken paprikash”), from Paprika (“paprika”) + Huhn (“chicken”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Paprikahuhn

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

paprikahühner (plural)

Questions

What does paprikahuhn mean?: The chicken paprikash, a popular Hungarian dish.
Where does paprikahuhn come from?: It is traced to German.

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