Sperber
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sperwære, Old High German sparwāri. Cognate with Dutch sperwer (“sparrow”), French épervier., Italian sparaviere.[1]
Noun
Sperber m (genitive Sperbers, plural Sperber)
- sparrow hawk (bird of prey)
Declension
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Sperber”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Sperber” in Duden online