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Gauch.

a cuckoo; Cuculus canorus

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaʊ̯x/
  1. a cuckoo; Cuculus canorus

    archaic · masculine · strong
  2. a fool

    archaic · masculine · strong
  3. a cuckold

    archaic · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German gouch, from Old High German gouh, from Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz. Compare German Low German Göök, Danish gøg, Faroese geykur, Icelandic gaukur, Norwegian Bokmål gjøk, Norwegian Nynorsk gauk, Swedish gök.

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