Sau
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)
Etymology
From Old High German sū.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sau f (plural Säu or Sei, diminutive Säuche or Seiche)
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sow; female pig
- (eastern Moselle Franconian) pig (male or female)
Usage notes
- The inflected forms with -äu- are Ripuarian, those with -ei- are Moselle Franconian.
Synonyms
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *sū-. Cognate with English sow, Danish so.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sau f (genitive Sau, plural Säue or Sauen)
- (archaic or dialectal) pig (male or female)
- sow, female pig
- (figurative) a dislikable or unethical person
Usage notes
- 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
Template:de-decl-noun-f Template:de-decl-noun-f
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Sau f (plural Sei)
- sow (female pig)
- Die Sau hod nein Witzje.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sau f (plural Sai)
- sow (female pig)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Sau, Dutch zeug, English sow.
Noun
Sau f (plural Sei)
- sow (female pig)
- filthy person
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