ouge

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ouge n

1. eye

Declension

Declension of ouge (weak neuter)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	ouge	diu	ougen
genitive	eines	dës	ougen	dër	ougen
dative	eime	dëm	ougen	dën	ougen
accusative	ein	daȥ	ouge	diu	ougen

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Aug

  Swabian: Aug

• Bavarian: Aug

  Cimbrian:

  Mòcheno:

• Central Franconian: Ooch, Auch, Au

  Hunsrik: Au

  Kölsch: Ouch

  Luxembourgish: A

• East Central German:

  Upper Saxon German: Ooche

  Vilamovian: aojg

• East Franconian:
• German: Auge
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Aag

  Pennsylvania German: Aag

• Yiddish: אויג (oyg)

References

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