Sau
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sau f (plural Sai)
- pig, sow
- (card games) ace
See also edit
Playing cards in Bavarian · Spielkartn (layout · text) | ||||||
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Sau | Zwoarer | Dreier | Vierer | Fünfer | Sechser | Siebner |
Achter | Neiner | Zehner | Unter | Ober | Kini | Joker |
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- The inflected forms with -äu- are Ripuarian, those with -ei- are Moselle Franconian.
Synonyms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Sau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sau f (plural Sei)
- sow (female pig)
- Die Sau hod nein Witzje.
- The swine has nine piglets/piggies. (German: Die Sau hat neun Wutzen/Wützchen/Wutzerln.)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sau f (plural Sai)
- sow (female pig)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Compare German Sau, Dutch zeug, English sow.
Noun edit
Sau f (plural Sei)
- sow (female pig)
- filthy person