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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sperware, from Old Dutch *sparwaro, *sparwari, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwarī. Cognate with German Sperber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛr.ʋər/
- Hyphenation: sper‧wer
Noun
sperwer m (plural sperwers, diminutive sperwertje n)
- sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus
- various other birds of prey of the subfamily Accipitrinae
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