ooievaar
Dutch
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Ciconia ciconia in Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1770-1829
Etymology
From Middle Dutch odevare. Related to Low German adebar, West Frisian earrebarre, all possibly from Proto-Germanic *ōdaborǭ or *ōdaborą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːi̯əˌvaːr/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ooi‧e‧vaar
Noun
ooievaar m (plural ooievaars or ooievaren, diminutive ooievaartje n)
- A stork, bird of the family Ciconiidae.
- Hyponyms: maraboe, zwarte ooievaar, zwartsnavelooievaar
- (particularly) The white stork, Ciconia ciconia.
Derived terms
- ooievaarsbek
- ooievaarsdorp
- ooievaarskolonie
- ooievaarsnest
- schoenbekooievaar
- zwarte ooievaar
- zwartsnavelooievaar
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ooievaar
Further reading
ooievaar on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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