Masculine

Kuckuck

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
  2. (colloquial, masculine, strong) bailiff's seal

Concepts

common cuckoo

Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Eurasian cuckoo

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

gugger

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gugger

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

guggugg

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

guggar

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʊkʊk/
Etymology

From Middle High German kukkuk, kukuk, gugug; ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare German Low German Kukuuk, Dutch koekoek, Middle English cukkuk, gokkouȝ (modern English cuckoo).

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