Auch

See also: auch

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (surname of German origin) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊk/
• Rhymes: -aʊk

Proper noun

Auch

1. A surname from German.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (place in France) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃ

Proper noun

Auch

1. A cathedral town, the capital of the Gers department, Occitanie, France.
2. A surname from French, habitational for the town.

Anagrams

• Chau, HCUA, HUAC

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Ooch (Bönnsch, northern Moselle Franconian)
• Au (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German ouga.

Noun

Auch n

1. (Kölsch) eye

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Gascon Aush, derived from Latin Elimberrum Ausciorum Augusta, Augusta Auscorum or Civitas Ausciorum, from Latin Ausci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʃ/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Proper noun

Auch ?

1. Auch (a town and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)
2. a surname, a habitational name from the town

Derived terms

• auscitain, Auscitain

References

• Ausci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 193/3.

German

Etymology

From the Middle High German Uhte, which means "night watch", "night pasture", or "the time just before dawn".

Proper noun

Auch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Auchs or (with an article) Auch, feminine genitive Auch, plural Auchs)

1. a surname, common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night