From Karin Skl
Listed as a "Waldohreule," which translates from German to ~~"Wood Owl,"~~ "Wood(Forest) Ear Owl" but many of us would know it as a Long Eared Owl.
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"Waldohreule" translates to "~~Wood~~ Forest Ear Owl".
I was about to comment the same thing, after trying to parse it as two words and then wondering what the bit in the middle was lol (I'm still learning)
We also have the Waldkauz (tawny owl) in German, which would translate to "wood owl". (In German there is a difference between Eule and Kauz while in English and zoology there isn't.)
Out of curiosity, what's the difference between Eule and Kauz?
I remembered I had discussed this with someone before, and I found the thread here where someone explains it to me a bit. I'm all for more people explaining it though, I learn a lot from these language lessons, it almost makes it worth my feeling embarrassed for getting things wrong to begin with!
Actually I find the explanation of @alleycat@lemmy.world on the difference between Eule and Kauz very plausible.
It was very interesting seeing them have an implied "personality." I don't believe I've seen that anywhere else.
You may also call a grumpy person, especially men, Kauz (der Kauz is male in German). The use of Eule for especially women (die Eule is female in German), is also common, but not exactly as wise, but for strange esoteric women.
I have seen that mentioned before! I'm jealous other languages have owl slang! The French for the round headed owls is chouette, which means cool/superb.
Thanks for the link!!
Of course! Successful_Try 543 added a bunch of useful comments there yesterday and today as well.
I'll make sure I read them all! I really love learning these neat language things