411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Gau
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Appendix:Variations of "gau"
English
Etymology
Two main origins:
Borrowed from en de Gau, a habitational surname.
A variant of en Gao, a surname of en zh - origin.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Gau is the 19703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1367 individuals. Gau is most common among White (76.74%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (18.07%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from German surnames from Chinese
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ɡaʊ̯/
de De-Gau.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aʊ̯ 1
Etymology 1
From de gmh göu, gmh gou, from de goh gawi, goh gouwi, from de gmw-pro *gawi, from de gem-pro *gawją from earlier gem-pro *gaawja riverlands, lakeside land, from collective gem-pro *ga- + gem-pro *awjō land by a waterway.
2 cog
Cognate with nds Gohe, nl gouw, fy gea, fy goa, ang ġē, de Aue.
Noun
m,(e)s
de now chiefly in placenames shire; district
de historic an administrative unit of the Third Reich
de historic nome of ancient Egypt
Declension
m,(e)s
Derived terms
de Gaugraf
de Gauleiter
de Reichsgau
Etymology 2
From the acronym de GAU worst-case scenario.
Noun
m,s:es,s:e
de informal an accident, a calamity
Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen:
de Außerdem neigen die Blutplättchen von depressiven Menschen eher dazu, sich zu Gerinnseln zusammenzuballen. Diese können irgendwann wichtige Adern verstopfen und einen Gau im Herzen oder Hirn auslösen.
Declension
m,s:es,s:e
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Northeast Brazil pt female Maria da Graça