Masculine
Kauz
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) owl; (specifically) strigid
- (figuratively,masculine,strong) crank, odd fellow, codger
Concepts
Synonyms
Käuzchen
Unikum
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
irrer Typ
komischer Kauz
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
kyzli
Basel-Landschaft
kuz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaʊ̯t͡s/
Etymology
From Middle High German kūz, kūze, from Old High German *kūz, from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”). Cognate with Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”). See kite.
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