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Aue
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aue auê
German
Alternative forms
de Au
de Awe obsolete
Pronunciation
de /aʊ̯ə/
de De-Aue.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
Aach (toponymy)
de flood meadow :inh gmh:ouwe<id:stream>
From de gmh ouwe terrain, landscape by water, in water; island, from de goh ouwa, from de gmw-pro *auwju floodplain, meadow; island, from de gem-pro *awjō, from earlier gem-pro *agwjō, ultimately from de ine-pro *h₂ékʷeh₂ water.
Compare with ofs ei, sv ö Q23442, da ø Q23442, non ey, no øy; also related to the modern German suffix de -ach.
Noun
f
de geography flood meadow, floodplain a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding from 10th c.
de Flussaue Überschwemmungsgebiet
de Neckarauen de Neckar Meadows [a placename]
de literary mead, meadow
de Northwest German a comparatively large stream or small river
de especially West Central German South West German a river island, particularly one in a flowing body of water, very often the Rhine from 10th c.
de Flussaue
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Altaue Hartholzaue Talaue Weichholzaue
Derived terms
de Auenlandschaft Auenlehm Auenökologie Auensee Auensystem Auenwald Auenwiese Flussauenlandschaft
Related terms
de -ach Ache Ach Aach Aa
Etymology 2
de ewe :inh gmh:ouwe<id:ewe>
From de gmh ouwe, from de goh ouwi, from de gmw-pro *awi, from de gem-pro *awiz, from de ine-pro *h₂ówis.
Cognate with nl ooi, en ewe, la ovis, grc ὄϊς, sa अवि ávi.
Noun
f
de technical or dialectal ewe female sheep
de Schaf Mutterschaf Zibbe
Declension
f
Further reading
Aue_Wiesengelaende_Insel
Aue_Schaf
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
hrx /ˈaʊ̯ə/
Noun
hrx noun form n
hrx Au
Manx
Alternative forms
gv Aaue
Etymology
From gv sga Eua, from gv la grc Eva, from gv grc Εὔα, from gv he חַוָּה ḥawwâ. Compare ga Éabha and gd Eubha.
Pronunciation
gv /eːu/
Proper noun
gv proper noun f
Eve Biblical figure
gv Biblical characters