Kauz

(Inglese)

1. (masculine, strong) owl; (specifically) strigid
2. (figuratively, masculine, strong) crank, odd fellow, codger

Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

kyzli

Canton Basilea Campagna

kuz

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kaʊ̯t͡s/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: kūz

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: *kūz

Affine inglese antico: cȳta

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German kūz, kūze, from Old High German *kūz, from Proto-West Germanic *kūt, from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”). Cognate with Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”). See kite. For the sense "crank, old codger" compare English coot (“a foolish or eccentric old person”), which also refers to the bird known as the coot.

Concetti

civetta

🦉

barbagianni

sinonimi

Sonderling

Original

Exzentriker

Eigenbrötler

Eule

🦉

Käuzchen

Mensch

Type

Unikum

Vogel

🐦

Wunderling

hässliche Frau

komischer Vogel

verrückte Person

bunter Vogel

seltsamer Heiliger

komischer Heiliger

schräger Fürst

ungewöhnlicher Mensch

sonderbarer Zeitgenosse

schräger Vogel

bizarre Person

uriger Typ

seltsamer Kauz

seltsame Type

Urvieh

😄

skurriler Typ

merkwürdiger Zeitgenosse

Freak

irrer Typ

komischer Kauz

Querkopf

Schleiereule

Spinner

Traduzioni

chouette

🦉

eccentric

nachtuil

steenuil

Strix

owl

🦉

uil

🦉

codger

crank

hibou

🦉

eccentric person

tawny owl

weirdo

screech owl

queer fellow