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