Daune

down (soft, immature feather)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

duune

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaʊ̯nə/

Etymology

Via Middle Low German dûne from a Scandinavic source and hence ultimately from Old Norse dúnn. The diphthong -au- is a secondary adaptation from the Low German to the standard German vowel system.

Concepts

down

downy feather

fluff

feathers

fuzz

plumes

down feather

Synonyms

Flaumfeder

Flaum

Feder

🪶

Dune

Unterfeder

Translations

dons

duvet

nesthaar

waas

penugem

puch

πούπουλα

plumón

piumino

lanugem

plumule

pêlo

pena

plumagem

pelusa