noun
chicken, roast chicken
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"Hähnchen" (neuter) means "chicken" or "roast chicken", often referring to a small/young bird or a prepared dish. It uses the diminutive -chen, so gender is das and the plural is unchanged: die Hähnchen. Declension keeps same form in plural; genitive singular: des Hähnchens.
Examples
Die Gäste bestellten Hähnchen, weil das Restaurant regionale Spezialitäten anbot.
The guests ordered chicken because the restaurant offered regional specialties.
Das Hähnchen im Restaurant war sehr lecker.
The roast chicken at the restaurant was very tasty.
Wir essen heute Hähnchen.
We're having chicken today.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a small roasted chicken on a plate when you say 'das Hähnchen'
das (neuter) — imagine a neutral plate labeled 'das Hähnchen'
Notes
Hähnchen commonly refers to chicken as food; plural often unchanged (Hähnchen).