Duuv

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Duv (variant spelling)
• Dauf (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German dūve, from Old High German dūva, northern variant of tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːf/

Noun

Duuv f (plural Duuve, diminutive Düüvje)

1. (Ripuarian) dove; pigeon

   Besser en Mösch en der Hand wie en Duuv om Daach.

   A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

   (literally, “A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.”)

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Duve, Duuf, Duuw, Düüv, Düüw

Etymology

From Middle Low German dûve, from Old Saxon dūƀa, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.

Compare Dutch duif, English dove, German Taube, West Frisian do, Danish due, Swedish duva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːv/, /duːf/

Noun

Duuv f (plural Duven)

1. dove, pigeon
2. Dove (constellation: Columba)

Hyponyms

• Düffer
• (?) Düvin (cf. de: Täubin, nl: duivin)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Basler Duuv
• Breefduuv
• Duvenboom (Cathaya argyrophylla)
• Duvenhuus
• Duvenmelk
• Duvenpoor
• Duvenslag
• Hollduuv (Columba oenas)
• Hollduvennest
• Holtduuv (Columba palumbus)
• Iesduuv
• Türkenduuv (Streptopelia decaocto)
• Türkenduvennest

Descendants

• → Kashubian: duwa

See also

• Breefdüffer
• Feldflüchter
• Holtdüffer
• Iesdüffer
• Kröpper
• kurren
• Nest
• Oort
• Vagel
• Vageloort
• Dutch Low Saxon: doeve (Achterhooks, Drents, Stellingwerfs, Twents, eastern Veluws), doef (Drents, Gronings), duve (Veluws), doewe (Stellingwerfs, Twents)
• Plautdietsch: Duw

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)