Gau
English edit
Etymology edit
Two main origins:
Proper noun edit
Gau (plural Gaus)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gau is the 19703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1367 individuals. Gau is most common among White (76.74%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (18.07%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-West Germanic *gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją from earlier *gaawja (“riverlands, lakeside land”), from collective *ga- + *awjō (“land by a waterway”).
Cognates
Noun edit
Gau m (strong, genitive Gaues or Gaus, plural Gaue)
- (now chiefly in placenames) shire; district
- (historical) an administrative unit of the Third Reich
- (historical) nome of ancient Egypt
Declension edit
Declension of Gau [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the acronym GAU (“worst-case scenario”).
Noun edit
Gau m (strong, genitive Gaus or Gaues, plural Gaus or Gaue)
- (informal) an accident, a calamity
- Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen:
- Außerdem neigen die Blutplättchen von depressiven Menschen eher dazu, sich zu Gerinnseln zusammenzuballen. Diese können irgendwann wichtige Adern verstopfen und einen Gau im Herzen oder Hirn auslösen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen:
Declension edit
Declension of Gau [masculine, strong]