Is it der, die oder das Huhn?

DAS

The correct article in German of Huhn is das. So it is das Huhn! (nominative case)

The word Huhn is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Huhn?

How does the declension of Huhn work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	das Huhn	die Hühner
Genitive	des Huhns des Huhnes	der Hühner
Dative	dem Huhn dem Huhne	den Hühnern
Akkusative	das Huhn	die Hühner

What is the meaning of Huhn in German?

Huhn has various definitions in German:

[1] Zoology: The House Chicken (Scientific: Gallus Gallus Gallus)

[1] Zoologie: das Haushuhn (wissenschaftlich: Gallus gallus gallus)

[2] Zoology: female house chicken

[2] Zoologie: weibliches Haushuhn

[3] Gastronomy, no plural: meat from [1]

[3] Gastronomie, kein Plural: Fleisch von [1]

[4] Zoology: Short for different chicken prochies (order Galliformes) with chicken on behalf

[4] Zoologie: kurz für verschiedene Hühnervögel (Ordnung Galliformes) mit -huhn im Namen

[5] Zoology, in plural, rare: for the Phasianidae family, to which the house chicken belongs

[5] Zoologie, im Plural, selten: für die Familie Phasianidae, zu der das Haushuhn gehört

How to use Huhn in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Huhn with translations in English.

[1] Wir züchten hier Hühner.

[1] We breed here chicken

[1] Uns geht es so gut, dass wir Hühnern Jacken für den Winter stricken.

[1] We are doing so well that we knit chickens jackets for the winter

[1] „Doch zu einem geringen Maße bauen sie auch Kartoffeln an und halten Kleinvieh wie Hühnern und Schweine, landwirtschaftliche Techniken, die sie von ihren Nachbarn, den Aymará übernommen haben“.[3]

[1] "But to a small dimensions, they also build potatoes and keep small vie like chickens and pigs, agricultural techniques they have taken over by their neighbors, the Aymará . [3]

[2] Ihrer Hühner waren drei / Und ein stolzer Hahn dabei[4]

[2] Her chickens were three / and a proud rooster [4]

[3] Heute gibt's Huhn auf Reis.

[3] Today there's chicken on rice

[4] Wir sahen so viele Rebhühner wie noch nie. Drei Hühner flogen direkt vor unserer Nase vorbei.

[4] We saw so many vineyards as never before three chickens flew right in front of our nose.

[5] Die Pfauen gehören zu den Hühnern.

[5] The peacocks belong to the chicken.