Türkentaube
German
Etymology
From Türke (“Turk”) + -n- + Taube (“pigeon”), so named because the bird came from the Southeast in the 1930s.
Noun
Türkentaube f (genitive Türkentaube, plural Türkentauben)
- collared dove
- Synonym: Fernsehtaube
Declension
Further reading
Türkentaube on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Türkentaube” in Duden online