vogel

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Meaning

  1. (masculine) bird, any member of the class Aves
  2. (masculine) a feathered target in archery or shooting
  3. (figuratively, masculine, slang) a dude, a cat (slang term for a man)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
vo‧gel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvoːɣəl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, vogal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with German Vogel, English fowl, Icelandic fugl.

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