Auge

== German == === Alternative forms === Aug (non-standard nowadays) === Etymology === From Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Modern cognates include Alemannic German Aug, Bavarian Aug, Dutch oog, English eye, Icelandic auga, Swedish öga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɡə/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɡə Hyphenation: Au‧ge === Noun === Auge n (mixed, genitive Auges, plural Augen, diminutive Äugelchen n or Äuglein n or Äugelein n) (anatomy) eye (on plants, esp. potatoes, grapevines and fruit trees) germ, bud; eye (potato) (on dice) dot, pip, spot (of a cyclonic storm) eye (on the surface of liquids, e.g. soup) drop or globule of grease or fat Synonym: Fettauge ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Auge” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Auge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Auge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Auge” in Duden online Auge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Auge”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Low German == === Alternative forms === Äoge (also Lippisch) äuge (also Ravensbergisch; scienific) Oog === Etymology === From Middle Low German ôge, from Old Saxon ōga. === Noun === Auge n (plural Augen) (Lippisch, Ravensbergisch) eye ==== See also ==== (plural) Klockenpötte, Küickers