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birken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
birken
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of birch; birchen.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

birch birchen

Questions

What does birken mean?
Made of birch; birchen.
Where does birken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce birken

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