Duuv
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Duv
- Dauf (Moselle Franconian)
- Doef (Kirchröadsj)
Etymology
From Middle High German dūve, from Old High German dūva, northern variant of tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːf/
Noun
Duuv f (plural Duuve, diminutive Düüvje)
- (Ripuarian) dove; pigeon
- Besser en Mösch en der Hand wie en Duuv om Daach.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- (literally, “A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.”)
German Low German
Alternative forms
- Duve, Duuf, Duuw, Düüv, Düüw
Etymology
From Middle Low German dûve, from Old Saxon dūƀa, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.
Compare Dutch duif, English dove, German Taube, West Frisian do, Danish due, Swedish duva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːv/, /duːf/
Noun
Duuv f (plural Duven)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- Basler Duuv
- Breefduuv
- Duvenboom (Cathaya argyrophylla)
- Duvenhuus
- Duvenmelk
- Duvenpoor
- Duvenslag
- Hollduuv (Columba oenas)
- Hollduvennest
- Holtduuv (Columba palumbus)
- Iesduuv
- Türkenduuv (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Türkenduvennest
Descendants
- → Kashubian: duwa
See also
- Breefdüffer
- Feldflüchter
- Holtdüffer
- Iesdüffer
- Kröpper
- kurren
- Nest
- Oort
- Vagel
- Vageloort
- Dutch Low Saxon: doeve (Achterhooks, Drents, Stellingwerfs, Twents, eastern Veluws), doef (Drents, Gronings), duve (Veluws), doewe (Stellingwerfs, Twents)
- Plautdietsch: Duw
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)