vögeln

Meaning

  1. (dated, weak) to catch birds (compare "angeln")
  2. (dated, weak) to be itinerant, to flit from place to place

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈføːɡl̩n/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vogelen, vogeln, from Old High German fogalōn (“catch birds”). Related to Vogel (“bird”), from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleu (“to flow, to float”). Cognate with English fowl.

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