Ente

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

(feminine) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
(especially, feminine) mallard; the most common duck species in the area, thought of as the typical duck
(feminine, informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)
(feminine) bedpan (bedpan for holding urine)
(feminine) canard (false or misleading report)

Pircarînî

Basel-Landschaft (de)

änte

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈɛntə/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi îngilîzî

In summary

From Middle High German ente, confluence of (1.) the plural and oblique singular of ant and (2.) the Old High German variant enita, both from older anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Cognate with Dutch eend. The sense “canard” (mid-19th c.) is a calque of French canard, but also ties in with the expression blaue Enten (“lies, humbug”, literally “blue ducks”, since 15th c.). The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with Dutch eend.