Sau

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau.

• IPA^(key): /sɑɔ̯/

Sau f (plural Sai)

1. pig, sow
2. (card games) ace

• Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

• IPA^(key): /zou̯/

Sau f (plural Säu or Sei, diminutive Säuche or Seiche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sow; female pig
2. (eastern Moselle Franconian) pig (male or female)

• The inflected forms with -äu- are Ripuarian, those with -ei- are Moselle Franconian.

• (any pig): Ferke; Schwein

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

• IPA^(key): /zaʊ̯/, [zaʊ̯], (southern also) [saʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

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Sau f (genitive Sau, plural Säue or Sauen)

1. (archaic or dialectal) pig (male or female)
2. sow, female pig
3. (figurative) a dislikable or unethical person

• Both plurals are roughly equally common in the concrete sense “female pig”, though Sauen is usually preferred in farmers’ and hunters’ parlance. In the figurative sense, only Säue is used.

• Schwein

• Saustall
• Sauwetter
• unter aller Sau
• sau-

• “Sau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū.

• IPA^(key): /saʊ̯/

Sau f (plural Sei)

1. sow (female pig)

   Die Sau hod nein Witzje.

   The swine has nine piglets/piggies. (German: Die Sau hat neun Wutzen/Wützchen/Wutzerln.)

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From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau, English sow, Icelandic sýr, Swedish so.

• IPA^(key): /zæːʊ̯/

Sau f (plural Sai)

1. sow (female pig)

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Compare German Sau, Dutch zeug, English sow.

Sau f (plural Sei)

1. sow (female pig)
2. filthy person

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