Aug

See also: aug, aug., and Aug.

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Aug

  1. Abbreviation of August.
    Alternative forms: Aug., AUG
    Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep/Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec

Translations

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • Oug

Etymology

From Middle High German ouge. Cognate with Bavarian Aug, German Auge, Dutch oog, English eye, Icelandic auga, Swedish öga.

Pronunciation

Noun

Aug n (plural Auge, diminutive Äugli)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô. Cognates include Alemannic German Aug, Yiddish אויג (oyg), German Auge, Dutch oog, English eye, Icelandic auga, Swedish öga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɔ̯ɡ̥/
  • IPA(key): /ɒːɡ̥/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

Aug n (plural Augn, diminutive Augerl)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. (on plants, esp. potatoes, grapevines and fruit trees) germ, bud; eye (potato)
  3. (on dice) dot, pip, spot
  4. (of a cyclonic storm) eye
  5. (on the surface of liquids, e.g. soup) drop or globule of grease or fat
    Synonym: Fettaug

Hyponyms

  • Fettaug
  • Fischaug
  • Froschaug
  • Glåsaug
  • Hoizaug
  • Knopfaug
  • Kåtznaug
  • Nudlaug
  • Schlitzaug
  • Schweinsaug

Derived terms

  • -augad
  • a Aug zuadruckn
  • a fads Aug håbn
  • des fade Aug håbn

German

Etymology

From Upper German dialects, from Middle High German ouge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊ̯k/, /aʊ̯ɡ̥/
  • Hyphenation: Aug

Noun

Aug n (mixed, genitive Auges, plural Augen)

  1. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) nonstandard form of Auge

Declension

Declension of Aug [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Aug die Augen
genitive eines des Auges der Augen
dative einem dem Aug, Auge1 den Augen
accusative ein das Aug die Augen

1Now rare, see notes.