Dohle

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tole, tāle, tāhele (diminutive of tāhe), from Old High German tāhala, diminutive of tāha, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhā.

The modern form is not inherited from written Middle High German but is a Central German dialect form (with unshifted d- and dialectal -ā- → -ō-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːlə/
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  • Rhymes: -oːlə

Noun

Dohle f (genitive Dohle, plural Dohlen)

  1. jackdaw

Declension
Declension of Dohle [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Dohle die Dohlen
genitive einer der Dohle der Dohlen
dative einer der Dohle den Dohlen
accusative eine die Dohle die Dohlen

Derived terms
  • Dohlengrackel, Dohlen-Grackel
  • Dohlenkrebs, Dohlen-Krebs
  • Dohlenmännchen, Dohlen-Männchen
  • Dohlenpaar, Dohlen-Paar
  • Dohlenpärchen, Dohlen-Pärchen
  • Dohlenweibchen, Dohlen-Weibchen

Descendants
  • → Saterland Frisian: Dole

Further reading
  • “Dohle” in Duden online
  • “Dohle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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