 | English  | German | |
 | common {adj} [word, belief, custom, animal, bird] | 315 weitverbreitet | |
| flailing {adj} {pres-p} [bird] | 50 flügelschlagend | |
| orn. featherless {adj} [bird] | ohne Federkleid [nachgestellt] [geh.] | |
| marine {adj} [e.g. bird, chart, law, underwriter, waterways] | See- [Meeres-] [z. B. Vogel, Karte, Recht, Versicherer, Wasserstraßen] | |
| sth. roosts [bird] | etw. schläft [Vogel] | |
| swimming {adj} [attr.] [e.g. pool, badge, class, instructor, bird] | Schwimm- [z. B. Becken, Abzeichen, Kurs, Lehrer, Vogel] | |
| young {adj} [e.g. animal, bird, cattle, plant, voter] | Jung- [z. B. Tier, Vogel, Vieh, Pflanze, Wähler] | |
| Verbs |
| to cheep [of a bird] | 2445 fiepen | |
| to perch [bird, also fig.: person] | 1961 hocken | |
| orn. to court [of a male bird to attract a mate] | 594 balzen | |
| to alight [bird: descend from the air and settle] | 503 landen [Vogel] | |
| hunting to drop [a bird] | 332 abschießen | |
| orn. to roost [bird] | 276 [auf der Stange / dem Ast] schlafen | |
| to plummet [plane, bird] | 229 sacken | |
| to poise [bird, helicopter] | 201 schweben | |
| orn. to roost [bird] | 139 [auf der Stange / dem Ast] sitzen | |
| to scatter sth. [e.g. bird seed] | 23 etw. hinstreuen | |
| to tweet [chirp (bird)] | 10 ziepen [regional (bes. nordd.)] [fiepen (Vogel)] | |
| to flirt [bird etc.: flit about] | 8 herumsausen [ugs.] [Vögel etc.] | |
| orn. to swoop [bird of prey] | 5 herabstoßen [geh.] [Raubvogel] | |
| orn. to debeak sth. [debeak a bird] | etw.Dat. den Schnabel stutzen [einem Vogel den Schnabel stutzen] | |
| to light [on / in sth.] [come to rest] [bird, fly, etc.] | sich niederlassen [auf / in etw.] [Vogel, Fliege usw.] | |
| hunting to nest [to bird-nest] | Vogelnester (aufspüren und) ausnehmen | |
| to perch [bird] | sichAkk. niedersetzen [Vogel] | |
| orn. to preen [bird] | sich putzen [Vogel] | |
| to tower [a bird] | (hoch) aufsteigen | |
| Nouns |
| orn. zool. fowl [archaic] [bird] | 884 Vogel {m} | |
| orn. zool. bill [jaws of a bird etc.] | 591 Schnabel {m} | |
| perch [for bird] | 443 Stange {f} | |
| orn. clutch [of bird eggs] | 423 Vogelgelege {n} | |
| perch [of a bird] | 131 Ast {m} [auf dem Vögel sitzen] | |
| agr. orn. chick [newly hatched bird] | 41 Kücken {n} [österr.] [Küken] | |
| orn. T | 38 | |
| clutches [of bird eggs] | 15 Vogelgelege {pl} | |
| orn. cock [bird] | 13 Vogelmännchen {n} | |
| orn. pinions [literary] [of a bird with a large wingspan] | 11 Schwingen {pl} [geh.] | |
| orn. stoop [of a bird of prey] | 9 Niederstoßen {n} [eines Raubvogels] | |
| birder [archaic] [bird catcher] | 8 Vogelfänger {m} | |
| hunting jobs fowler [bird hunter] | 8 Vogelsteller {m} [Vogeljäger] | |
| orn. hen [female bird] | 7 Vogelweibchen {n} | |
| orn. wader [bird] | 7 Sumpfvogel {m} | |
| lifer [birdwatching jargon for the first-ever personal sighting of a bird species] | 5 [Vogelbeobachtungsjargon für die allererste persönliche Sichtung einer Vogelart] | |
| orn. T | 5 | |
| orn. ravener [bird of prey] | 5 Raubvogel {m} | |
| [mythical creature: half bird (esp. owl), half goat] | Habergeiß {f} [auch: Habergeis, Habergoaß] [bayer.] [österr.] [Wesen, das halb Vogel, halb Geiß ist] | |
| mil. [Name given to base defense unit of JV44; literally means "butcher-bird squadron"] | Würger-Staffel {f} [Luftwaffe] | |
| agr. [wind wheel used as bird scarer in Slovenia and Southern Austria] | Klapotetz {m} [südostösterr.] [Windrad als Vogelscheuche] | |
| orn. birdfeeder [spv.] [bird feeder] | Vogelfutterkrippe {f} | |
| hunting mus. call [instrument for imitating a particular bird or other animal] | Lockpfeife {f} | |
| hunting jesses {pl} [one pair of short straps fastened around the legs of a hawk or other bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened] | Geschüh {n} [meistens Lederbänder an den Füßen der Greifvögel] | |
