Auch

See also: auch

English

Etymology

There are two possible origins for this surname, one southern Germany and the other in France.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Auch

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

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʃ/
  • (file)
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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

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
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