Why is it das Kichern?

Kichern is the verb kichern used as a noun, and verbs used as nouns are always neuter: das Kichern.

More verbs used as nouns
Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Behavioral, impact -white laughter

[1] verhaltenes, stoßweises Lachen

Examples

[1] "As soon as the surprise, the surprise has dissolved into the renewed tangle of voices, giggling and laughing here and there, the appearance of father Jeskoä follows"

[1] „Kaum hat sich die Überraschung ins erneuerte Stimmengewirr aufgelöst, ins Kichern und Lachen hier und dort, folgt der Auftritt von Vater Jesko.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Kichern —
Genitiv des Kicherns —
Dativ dem Kichern —
Akkusativ das Kichern —

Pronunciation

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