Vogel
Meaning
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- (masculine,strong) a bird
- (colloquial,masculine,slang,strong) an idiot, a clown (dimwitted or ridiculous person)
- (masculine,slang,strong) a kite (an aeroplane or any aircraft)
Concepts
Synonyms
Federvieh
irrer Typ
komischer Kauz
Unikum
wildes Tier
Wunderling
kleines Tier
komischer Vogel
verrückte Person
Aves
bunter Vogel
seltsamer Heiliger
gefiederter Freund
komischer Heiliger
schräger Fürst
ungewöhnlicher Mensch
sonderbarer Zeitgenosse
schräger Vogel
bizarre Person
uriger Typ
seltsamer Kauz
seltsame Type
Urvieh
skurriler Typ
merkwürdiger Zeitgenosse
Vogelmännchen
Vogelweibchen
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Vo‧gel
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfoːɡəl/
Etymology
From Middle High German vogel, vagel, from Old High German fogal, fugal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz; possibly related to *fleuganą (“to fly”) through dissimilation from earlier *fluglaz. Cognates include Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, English fowl, Danish fugl, Swedish fågel, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).
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