Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Oh, cheeky me left out another alternative for both cases, which brings us right to the origin of these sayings: the devil. This model was very popular in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s and it was commonly called “Ente“ (duck) due to its round hood. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls.
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