Feminine
Eule
Meaning
- (feminine) owl
- (feminine) a moth of the family Noctuidae
- (feminine) a human who goes to bed late and rises late, a night owl
Concepts
Opposite of
Lerche
Synonyms
Translations
hibou
lechuza
uil
coruja
gufo
baykuş
κουκουβάγια
òliba
kundFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
heiel
Basel-Landschaft
yyle
Basel-Landschaft
nachtheiel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔɔʏ̯lə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German iule, iuwel, from Old High German ūwila, from a variant of Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, English owl), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
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