Sau

• Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)

From Old High German sū.

• IPA^(key): /zou̯/

Sau f (plural Säu or Sei, diminutive Säuche or Seiche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sow; female pig
2. (eastern Moselle Franconian) pig (male or female)

• The inflected forms with -äu- are Ripuarian, those with -ei- are Moselle Franconian.

• (any pig): Ferke; Schwein

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *sū-. Cognate with English sow, Danish so.

• IPA^(key): /zaʊ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Sau f (genitive Sau, plural Säue or Sauen)

1. (archaic or dialectal) pig (male or female)
2. sow, female pig
3. (figuratively) a dislikable or unethical person

• 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.

• Schwein

• Saustall
• unter aller Sau
• sau-

• IPA^(key): /saʊ̯/

Sau f (plural Sei)

1. sow (female pig)

   Die Sau hod nein Witzje.

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From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.

• IPA^(key): /zæːʊ̯/

Sau f (plural Sai)

1. sow (female pig)

Compare German Sau, Dutch zeug, English sow.

Sau f (plural Sei)

1. sow (female pig)
2. filthy person

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