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Sau

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Sau f (plural Sai)

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

See also

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Playing cards in Bavarian · Spielkartn (layout · text)
Sau Zwoarer Dreier Vierer Fünfer Sechser Siebner
Achter Neiner Zehner Unter Ober Kini Joker

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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

Synonyms

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Sau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • sau (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

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From Central Franconian Sau, from Middle High German , from Old High German , from Proto-West Germanic *sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Sau f (plural Sei)

  1. sow (female pig)
    Die Sau hod nein Witzje.The sow has nine piglets.
    • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, 1Pheeter 2:22:
      Was mit tëne layt paseyert is pewayst tas tii xpriche woer sin: “Te hunt keet tsurik an sayne aychne khots” un “Ti kewex sau keet noch mool in te pratx wënsle.”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Sau”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 138, column 1

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Sau f (plural Sai)

  1. sow (female pig)

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Sau f (plural Sei)

  1. sow (female pig)
  2. filthy person

Derived terms

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