göugrave

Middle High German

FWOTD – 29 May 2019

Etymology

göu (“district”) +‎ grāve (“count”), calque of Latin cōmēs pāgī (count of the village).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɡøy̯ɡraːvə/, /ˈɡøy̯ɡraːfə/

Noun

göugrāve m

1. a count of a district, local judge

Declension

Declension of göugrāve (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	göugrāve	die	göugrāven
genitive	eines	dës	göugrāven	dër	göugrāven
dative	eime	dëm	göugrāven	dën	göugrāven
accusative	einen	dën	göugrāven	die	göugrāven

Descendants

• German: Gaugraf
• → Medieval Latin: gōgrāvius

References

• Lexer, M. (1908). Mittelhochdeutsches taschenwörterbuch (Vol. 1). S. Hirzel. 83