Noun: Kauz
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Kauz |
| Plural | Käuze |
Definite
| Singular | der Kauz |
| Plural | die Käuze |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Kauzes |
| Plural | Käuze |
Definite
| Singular | des Kauzes |
| Plural | der Käuze |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Kauz; Kauze |
| Plural | Käuzen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Kauz; Kauze |
| Plural | den Käuzen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Kauz |
| Plural | Käuze |
Definite
| Singular | den Kauz |
| Plural | die Käuze |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [1903, Thomas Mann, Tristan; republished as Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, transl., Stories of Three Decades, 1922, page 144:]
Nouns inflected like Kauz
Kauz,
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kūz, kūze, from Old High German *kūz, from Proto-West Germanic *kūt, from Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”). Cognate with Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”). See kite. For the sense "crank, old codger" compare English coot (“a foolish or eccentric old person”), which also refers to the bird known as the coot. See: Old English Nouns '
cȳta', English Nouns '
coot'.
Verbs referencing "Kauz"
English Nouns
kite, English Nouns
coot.
Translations