woerd

Meaning

drake (male duck)

Concepts

drake

duck

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mallard

rag

the paper

wild duck

Synonyms

eend

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mannetjeseend

roddelblad

bout

draak

🐉

eend et

Translations

canard

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Ente

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anatra

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Erpel

pato

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canard mâle

pato

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ánade

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ördek

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rit

Enterich

guit

malard

πάπια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋuːrt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: woert

Cognate with Low German: Warte

Inherited from Old Dutch: *wurth

Cognate with German: Wurt

Cognate with Icelandic: urð

In summary

From Middle Dutch woert, woort, apparently dialectal forms of *waart (whence the byform given below). Compare regional Low German Warte (“drake”). Further origin unknown.