Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈou̯ɡə/

Noun

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ouge n

  1. eye

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Alemannic German: Aug
    Swabian: Aug
  • Bavarian: Aug
    Cimbrian:
    Mòcheno:
  • Central Franconian: Ooch, Auch, Au
    Hunsrik: Au
    Kölsch: Ouch
    Luxembourgish: A
  • East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German: Ooche
    Vilamovian: aojg
  • East Franconian:
  • German: Auge
  • Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Aag
    Pennsylvania German: Aag
  • Yiddish: אויג (oyg)

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ouge”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel