Aue

See also: aue and auê

German

Alternative forms

• Au
• Awe (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯ə/

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Etymology 1

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; also related to the modern German suffix -ach.

Noun

Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

1. A flat, wooded meadow by a river

   Neckarauen ― (River) Neckar Meadows [a placename]

Etymology 2

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

Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) ewe (female sheep)

   Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe

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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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ə/

Noun

Aue n

1. plural of Au