Aue
German
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water, island”), from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Compare with Old Frisian ei, Swedish ö, Danish ø, Old Norse ey; also related to the modern German suffix -ach.
Noun
Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)
- A flat, wooded meadow by a river
- Neckarauen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 2
From Old High German ouwi, 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)
Further reading
- “Aue” in Duden online
- “Aue” in Duden online
- “Aue” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Aue” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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