Eule

See also: èule

German

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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɔʏ̯lə/

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of Eule [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Eule	die	Eulen
genitive	einer	der	Eule	der	Eulen
dative	einer	der	Eule	den	Eulen
accusative	eine	die	Eule	die	Eulen

Hyponyms

• Ahorneule
• Ampfereule
• Gersteneule
• Gespensteule
• Kiefernsaateule
• Lindeneule
• Nachteule
• Purpureule
• Saateule
• Schleiereule
• Schnee-Eule
• Sumpfohreule
• Waldohreule

 

Derived terms

• eulig
• eulenartig
• eulenhaft

Descendants

• → Silesian: ojla

Related terms

• Eulen nach Athen tragen

See also

• Kauz m
• Uhu m

Further reading

• “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.