Eule

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-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɔɪ̯lə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯lə

Eule f (genitive Eule, plural Eulen, diminutive Eulchen n)

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

   Antonym: Lerche

• eulig
• eulenartig
• eulenhaft

• Eulen nach Athen tragen

• → Silesian: ojla

• Kauz m
• Uhu m

• “Eule” in Duden online
• “Eule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eule” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.