Au

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin aurum.

Symbol

Au

  1. (chemistry) gold.

English

Proper noun

Au

  1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

See also
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Au terms

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German au, awi, ou, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Cognate with German Aue, Dutch ooi, English ewe, Icelandic ær.

Noun

Au f

  1. (Uri) ewe

References
  • “Au” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 29.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • Auch (Kölsch)
  • Ooch (Bönnsch, northern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German ouga.

Noun

Au n

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) eye

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯/
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Noun

Au f (genitive Au, plural Auen)

  1. (chiefly southern Germany, Austria) Apocopic form of Aue

Declension
Declension of Au
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Au die Auen
genitive einer der Au der Auen
dative einer der Au den Auen
accusative eine die Au die Auen

Derived terms
  • Auwald

Proper noun

Au ? (genitive Au)

  1. A municipality in Vorarlberg, Austria.
  2. A municipality in Saint Gallen, Switzerland.
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