Eule

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German iule, iuwel, from Old High German ūwila, from a variant of Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, English owl), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɔʏ̯lə/
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Noun[edit]

Eule f (genitive Eule, plural Eulen, diminutive Eulchen n)

  1. owl
  2. a moth of the family Noctuidae
  3. (chronobiology) a human who goes to bed late and rises late, a night owl
    Antonym: Lerche

Declension[edit]

Declension of Eule [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Eule die Eulen
genitive einer der Eule der Eulen
dative einer der Eule den Eulen
accusative eine die Eule die Eulen

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