Au

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin aurum.

Symbol

Au

1. (chemistry) gold.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Au

1. 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

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Au is the 4919^th 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

1. (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

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) eye

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Au f (genitive Au, plural Auen)

1. (chiefly Southern Germany, 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)

1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
2. 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)

1. eye

Derived terms

• Auedeckel
• Auedokter
• Aueloch
• Aueweh
• Aueweis

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary