Aue
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)
- (geography) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding) [from 10th c.]
- Synonyms: Flussaue, Überschwemmungsgebiet
- 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
Declension
Derived terms
- Altaue
- Auenlandschaft
- Auenlehm
- Auenökologie
- Auensee
- Auensystem
- Auenwald
- Auenwiese
- Flussauenlandschaft
- Hartholzaue
- Talaue
- Weichholzaue
Related terms
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)
- (technical or dialectal) ewe (female sheep)
- Synonyms: Schaf, Mutterschaf, Zibbe
Declension
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.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ə/
Noun
Aue n
- 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
- Eve (Biblical figure)