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German
Etymology
From Middle High German kūz, kūze, from Old High German *kūz, from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”). Cognate with Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”). See kite.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kauz m (strong, genitive Kauzes, plural Käuze)
- owl; (specifically) strigid
- (figurative) crank, odd fellow, codger
1903, Thomas Mann, Tristan; republished as Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, transl., Stories of Three Decades, 1922, page 144: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.
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- “Kauz” in Duden online
- “Kauz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache