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See also: aue and auê

German

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  • 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

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Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

  1. (geography) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding) [from 10th c.]
    Synonyms: Flussaue, Überschwemmungsgebiet
    NeckarauenNeckar Meadows [a placename]
  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 [from 10th c.]
    Synonym: Flussaue
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Etymology 2

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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

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Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

  1. (technical or dialectal) ewe (female sheep)
    Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe
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Aue n

  1. plural of Au