Uhu

Meaning

Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo (bird, owl species)

Concepts

eagle owl

owl

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eagle-owl

horned owl

Eurasian eagle-owl

glue

northern eagle owl

breathalyser

breathalyzer

Eurasian eagle owl

UHU

barn owl

Synonyms

Eule

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Griesgram

Ohreule

Schuhu

Translations

oehoe

gufo reale

Bubo bubo

bufo-real

búho

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búho real

gufo

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puhu

hibou

🦉

grand duc

lechuza

🦉

civetta

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κουκουβάγια

duc

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈuːhu/

Etymology

Like obsolete Buhu, Schuhu, an alteration of early modern German Huhu, itself an onomatopoeic reduplication of *Hu, from Middle High German hūwe, huo, from Old High German hūwo (“nightowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūō (“owl”).