göu

See also: gou, gòu, gōu, gǒu, and Gǒu

Middle High German

FWOTD – 31 March 2017

Alternative forms

• göuwe, gou, geu, gäw

Etymology

From Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-West Germanic *gawi.

Cognates

See also Low German Gohe, Dutch gouw, West Frisian gea, goa), German Aue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɡøy̯/

Noun

göu n

1. shire, district

Declension

Declension of göu (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	göu	diu	göu
genitive	eines	dës	göuwes	dër	göuwe
dative	eime	dëm	göuwe	dën	göuwen
accusative	ein	daȥ	göu	diu	göu

Descendants

• German: Gau

References

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