birken

B3I1R1K5E1N1

adjective

Made of birch; birchen.

Similar
birchbirchenwoody
OriginMiddle English birchen ← Old English bircen ← Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz →
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Meanings

adjectivebirken (not comparable)
  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalnot comparableobsoleteMade of birch; birchen.

    Beneath each birken shade, on mead or hill

    1788, William Collins, An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland, Considered as the Subject of Poetry

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveconsisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

Similar
birchbirchenwoody
Also see
birchbirchenwoody

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*birkīnaz“made of birch”
  2. Old Englishbircen
  3. Middle Englishbirchen
  4. Englishbirken

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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APA

birken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birken

MLA

“birken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birken.

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