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die Eule

noun · /ˈʔɔɪ̯lə/ ·
Etymology

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-.

Translation

  1. owl feminine

    Eine Eule ruht am Tage und jagt in der Nacht.

    An owl sleeps by day and hunts by night.

    Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einer Eule und einer Schleiereule?

    What's the difference between an owl and a barn owl?

    In einer gruseligen Szene ertönt unter Garantie immer entweder das Rufen einer Eule oder das Geheul von Wölfen bei Vollmond.

    In a scary scene, it never fails that there is either an owl hooting or wolves howling under the full moon.

  2. a moth of the family Noctuidae feminine
  3. a human who goes to bed late and rises late, a night owl feminine

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Eule Eulen
Accusative Eule Eulen
Dative Eule Eulen
Genitive Eule Eulen

Eule

noun ·

Translation

  1. late riser source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. owl source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. owl source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en