ooievaar

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch odevare. Related to Low German adebar, West Frisian earrebarre, all possibly from Proto-Germanic *ōdaborǭ or *ōdaborą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoː.jəˌvaːr/ Hyphenation: ooi‧e‧vaar === Noun === ooievaar m (plural ooievaars or ooievaren, diminutive ooievaartje n) A stork, bird of the family Ciconiidae. Hyponyms: maraboe, zwarte ooievaar, zwartsnavelooievaar (particularly) white stork (Ciconia ciconia) ==== Synonyms ==== (dialectal) eiber, stork, uiver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ooievaar === Further reading === ooievaar on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl