Aue

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See also: aue and auê

German

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊ̯ə/
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Etymology 1

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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)

  1. (geography) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding)
    Synonyms: Flussaue, Überschemmungsgebiet
    Neckarauen ― Neckar Meadows
  2. (literary) mead, meadow
  3. (Northwest German) a comparatively large stream or small river
  4. (especially West Central German, South West German) a river island, particularly one in a flowing body of water, very often the Rhine
    Synonym: Flussaue
Declension
Declension of Aue
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Aue die Auen
genitive einer der Aue der Auen
dative einer der Aue den Auen
accusative eine die Aue die Auen
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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)

  1. (technical or dialectal) ewe (female sheep)
    Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe
Declension
Declension of Aue
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Aue die Auen
genitive einer der Aue der Auen
dative einer der Aue den Auen
accusative eine die Aue die Auen

Further reading

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Pronunciation

Noun

Aue n

  1. plural of Au
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