ooievaar
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch odevare. Related to Low German adebar, West Frisian earrebarre, all possibly from Proto-Germanic *ōdaborǭ or *ōdaborą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editooievaar m (plural ooievaars or ooievaren, diminutive ooievaartje n)
- a stork, bird of the family Ciconiidae
- Hyponyms: maraboe, zwarte ooievaar, zwartsnavelooievaar
- (particularly) the white stork, Ciconia ciconia
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editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: ooievaar
Further reading
edit- ooievaar on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl