Au
See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin aurum.
Symbol
Au
- (chemistry) gold.
English
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Au
- A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Au terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Cantonese 歐/欧 (ou1) or 區/区 (ou1), or from German Au.
Proper noun
Au
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Au is the 4919th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7148 individuals. Au is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.07%) individuals.
Anagrams
- U/A, UA, uA
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
- (Uri) ewe
References
- 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
- (southern Moselle Franconian) eye
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯/
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Noun
Au f (genitive Au, plural Auen)
- (chiefly Southern German, Austria) Apocopic form of Aue
Declension
Declension of Au [feminine]
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 n (proper noun, genitive Aus or (optionally with an article) Au)
- A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
- A municipality of Saint Gallen canton, Switzerland
Declension
Declension of Au [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular | ||
---|---|---|
def. | noun | |
nominative | das | Au |
genitive | des | Aus, Au1 |
dative | dem | Au |
accusative | das | Au |
1Optionally with an article.
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconian Ooch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʊ̯/
Noun
Au n (plural Aue, diminutive Auelche)
- eye
Derived terms
- Auedeckel
- Auedokter
- Aueloch
- Aueweh
- Aueweis
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary