Aue
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Etymology 1 edit
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.
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Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)
- (geography) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding) [from 10th c.]
- Synonyms: Flussaue, Überschemmungsgebiet
- Neckarauen ― Neckar Meadows [a placename]
- (literary) mead, meadow
- (Northwest German) a comparatively large stream or small river
- (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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Declension of Aue [feminine]
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Etymology 2 edit
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).
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Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)
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Declension of Aue [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “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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Aue n