Aue
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʊ̯ə/
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water; island”), from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju (“floodplain, meadow; island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from earlier *agwjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).
Compare with Old Frisian ei, Swedish ö, Danish ø, Old Norse ey, Norwegian øy; also related to the modern German suffix -ach.
Noun
Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle High German ouwe, from Old High German ouwi, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Cognate with Dutch ooi, English ewe, Latin ovis, Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), Sanskrit अवि (ávi).
Noun
Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)
- (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) ewe (female sheep)
- Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe
Declension
Further reading
- “Aue” in Duden online
- “Aue” in Duden online
- “Aue” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Aue” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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