Aue

See also: aue and auê

German

Alternative forms

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, Norwegian øy; also related to the modern German suffix -ach.

Noun

Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

  1. (geography) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding) [from 10th c.]
    Synonyms: Flussaue, Überschwemmungsgebiet
    NeckarauenNeckar Meadows [a placename]
  2. (literary) mead, meadow
  3. (Northwest German) a comparatively large stream or small river
  4. (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
Declension
Derived terms
  • Altaue
  • Auenlandschaft
  • Auenlehm
  • Auenökologie
  • Auensee
  • Auensystem
  • Auenwald
  • Auenwiese
  • Flussauenlandschaft
  • Hartholzaue
  • Talaue
  • Weichholzaue

Etymology 2

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).

Noun

Aue f (genitive Aue, plural Auen)

  1. (technical or dialectal) ewe (female sheep)
    Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe
Declension

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ə/

Noun

Aue n

  1. plural of Au

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Eua, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwâ). Compare Irish Éabha and Scottish Gaelic Eubha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːu/

Proper noun

Aue f

  1. Eve (Biblical figure)