Duuv

• Douv (Moselle Franconian)

From Old High German *dūva, northern variant of tūba.

• IPA^(key): /duːf/

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.

• Duve, Duuf, Duuw, Düüv, Düüw

From Middle Low German dûve, from Old Saxon dūƀa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Dutch duif, English dove, German Taube, West Frisian do, Danish due, Swedish duva.

• IPA^(key): /duːv/, /duːf/

Duuv f (plural Duven)

1. (male or female) dove
2. (male or female) pigeon
3. Dove (constellation: Columba)

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

• 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

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