Kuh

• Koh (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Kuh f

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) cow (female bovine animal)

• Hunsrik: Kuh
• Luxembourgish: Kou

From Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: Q

Kuh f (genitive Kuh, plural Kühe)

1. cow (female bovine animal at or near adulthood)

• Unlike English cow, the German singular is not used for bulls or calves. The plural Kühe may at times be used generically when gender and age are not known (as when seeing a herd from afar) or irrelevant (as when speaking of the species as such). However, the word Rinder is more common for this, and only it would normally be used when bulls and calves are visibly included.

• “Kuh” in Duden online
• “Kuh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• khuu (Wiesemann spelling)

From Central Franconian Kuh, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Syllabification: Kuh

Kuh f (nominative plural Kih, diminutive Kihche)

1. cow

From Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Kuh f (plural Kieh)

1. cow