vogel

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• veugel (obsolete)
• fogel

From Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, vogal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with German Vogel, English fowl, Icelandic fugl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoːɣəl/, (Hollandic) [ˈfoʊ̯χɔɫ]

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• Hyphenation: vo‧gel
• Rhymes: -oːɣəl

vogel m (plural vogels or vogelen, diminutive vogeltje n or vogelijn n)

1. bird, any member of the class Aves

   De tuin zit vol met verschillende soorten vogels, zoals merels, mussen en roodborstjes.

   The garden is full of different types of birds, such as blackbirds, sparrows, and robins.

   Het geluid van fluitende vogels vulde de lucht in de vroege ochtend.

   The sound of chirping birds filled the air in the early morning.

2. a feathered target in archery or shooting

   Synonym: gaai

   De schutter mikte op het kleine vogeltje dat op de paal was geplaatst.

   The archer aimed at the small feathered target placed on the pole.

   Het schieten op vogels is een traditionele sport in sommige landen.

   Shooting at bird targets is a traditional sport in some countries.

3. (figuratively, slang) a dude, a cat (slang term for a man)

The word vogel is one of the few words where the obsolete Dutch diminutive suffix -lijn can still be encountered: vogelijn (“little bird”) is chiefly poetic and can be found in poems and songs, but is not often used elsewhere.

• Afrikaans: voël
  • → English: voël
• Jersey Dutch: fœüxel
• Negerhollands: vogel
• Skepi Creole Dutch: fogul
• →? Sranan Tongo: fowru, vol, vool
  • → Saramaccan: fóu

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• golve, vloge, volge

From Old Dutch fogal, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

vōgel m

1. bird

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• vuegel

• Dutch: vogel, veugel (obsolete), fogel
  • Afrikaans: voël
    • → English: voël
  • Jersey Dutch: fœüxel
  • Negerhollands: vogel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fogul
  • →? Sranan Tongo: fowru, vol, vool
    • → Saramaccan: fóu
• Limburgish: vogel, voeagel
• West Flemish: veugel
• Zealandic: veugel

• “voghel (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vogel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʋóːɡəʋ/

vọ̑gəł m inan

1. Alternative form of ọ̑gəł (“corner”)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	vógel
gen. sing.	vógla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vógel	vógla	vógli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vógla	vóglov	vóglov
dative (dajȃlnik)	vóglu	vógloma	vóglom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vógel	vógla	vógle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vóglu	vóglih	vóglih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vóglom	vógloma	vógli

• “vogel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024