Sau

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See also: sau, SAU, sáu, sâu, său, s-au, and sau-

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sau f (plural Sai)

  1. pig, sow
  2. (card games) ace

See also

Playing cards in Bavarian · Spielkartn (layout · text)
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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sau f (plural Säu or Sei, diminutive Säuche or Seiche)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sow; female pig
  2. (eastern Moselle Franconian) pig (male or female)

Usage notes

  • The inflected forms with -äu- are Ripuarian, those with -ei- are Moselle Franconian.

Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʊ̯/, , (southern also)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Sau f (genitive Sau, plural Säue or Sauen)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) pig (male or female)
  2. sow, female pig
  3. (figurative) a dislikable or unethical person

Usage notes

  • Both plurals are roughly equally common in the concrete sense “female pig”, though Sauen is usually preferred in farmers’ and hunters’ parlance. In the figurative sense, only Säue is used.

Declension

Declension of Sau
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sau die Säue, Sauen
genitive einer der Sau der Säue, Sauen
dative einer der Sau den Säuen, Sauen
accusative eine die Sau die Säue, Sauen

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Sau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sau f (plural Sei)

  1. sow (female pig)
    Die Sau hod nein Witzje.
    The swine has nine piglets/piggies. (German: Die Sau hat neun Wutzen/Wützchen/Wutzerln.)

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sau f (plural Sai)

  1. sow (female pig)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Compare German Sau, Dutch zeug, English sow.

Noun

Sau f (plural Sei)

  1. sow (female pig)
  2. filthy person

Derived terms

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