Rohrdommel

German

Rohrdommel

Etymology

From röhren + Dommel.

cf. Old English raredumla, from rarian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairēn, from Proto-Germanic *rairāną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌdɔməl/
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  • Hyphenation: Rohr‧dom‧mel

Noun

Rohrdommel f (genitive Rohrdommel, plural Rohrdommeln)

  1. Eurasian bittern

Declension

Further reading

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