Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig 1and1-dns.org. NS
Answer
1and1-dns.org. 5 NS ns-org.ui-dns.com.
1and1-dns.org. 5 NS ns-org.ui-dns.org.
1and1-dns.org. 5 NS ns-org.ui-dns.de.
1and1-dns.org. 5 NS ns-org.ui-dns.biz.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0