Koven (building)
Koven or Koben (plural: Koeben, Koebens, Koems) is an old Low German name for a stable for pigs, sheep, harvest supplies or agricultural implements. They were also called Schünens or scrubbing, the latter term being closely related to barn .
The outdated expression is best known nowadays either as a place name suffix (-koven, e.g. Müllekoven , Oedekoven ) or in the special composition pork pork. Traditional pig pens did not necessarily have to mark an entire building, but could also stand for a wooden shed (southern German Kobel ) - free-standing or within an otherwise otherwise used agricultural building.
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Wiktionary: Koben - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
