Aue

Meaning

1. (feminine) flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding)
2. (feminine, literary) mead, meadow
3. (Northwest-German, feminine) a comparatively large stream or small river
4. (Central, German, South, West, especially, feminine) a river island, particularly one in a flowing body of water, very often the Rhine

Concepts

ewe

grassland

meadow

pasture

floodplain

flooded land

sheep

🐑

beautiful riverside location

Aue

Synonyms

Wiese

Anger

Au

Mutterschaf

Zibbe

Zicke

Niederung

Flur

Flussaue

Koppel

Bokkie

Ramme

🐏

Schaf

🐑

Weide

Weiler am See

Dorf am Fluss

Translations

brebis

ovella

🐑

pecora

🐑

oveja

🐑

weide

wei

weiland

grasland

ooi

beemd

ovelha

προβατίνα

pré

ovis

🐑

αρνάδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aʊ̯ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: ouwe

Inherited from Old High German: ouwa

Cognate with Old Frisian: ei

Cognate with Swedish: ö

Cognate with Danish: ø

Cognate with Old Norse: ey

Cognate with Norwegian: øy

Inherited from Old High German: ouwi

Cognate with Dutch: ooi

Cognate with English: ewe

Cognate with Latin: ovis

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὄϊς

Cognate with Sanskrit: अवि

In summary

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.