Kauz

German Etymology de gmh kūz, gmh kūze, from de goh *kūz, from de gmw-pro *kūt, from de gmw-pro *kūt bird of prey, from de ine-pro *gū- to cry, screech. Cognate with ang cȳta kite, bittern. See en kite. For the sense "crank, old codger" compare en coot a foolish or eccentric old person, which also refers to the bird known as the en coot. Pronunciation de /kaʊ̯t͡s/ de De-Kauz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,,^e ^chen owl; specifically strigid de figurative crank, odd fellow, codger de 1903 w:Thomas Mann Tristan https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13810/pg13810.html Ein Kauz, ein ganz wunderlicher Kauz! Herrn Klöterjahns Gattin dachte zuweilen nach über ihn, denn sie hatte sehr viel Zeit zum Nachdenken. An odd sort, a very odd sort. Herr Klöterjahn's wife thought about him sometimes; for she had much leisure for thought. w:Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter 1922 Stories of Three Decades 144 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124817/page/144/mode/1up Declension m,,^e Derived terms de Bartkauz Kaninchenkauz kauzig Sperlingskauz Steinkauz Raufußkauz Raufusskauz Waldkauz Descendants nds-de Kauz Kauter 1 See also de Eule de Kautz surname de Uhu Further reading de Owls