Donau
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːnɑu̯/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Do‧nau
Proper noun
Donau f
Derived terms
- Donauland
- Donaumonarchie
- Donauzalm
Related terms
- Danubisch
German
Alternative forms
- Dunau, Tonau, Dhonau, Thonau, Donaw, Dunaw, Dhonaw, Tonaw, Tunaw, Thonaw, Thunaw (obsolete)
Etymology
Attested in this form at least since 1544. From earlier Donaw (since 1530s, D under Low German influence), from earlier Tonaw (since late 15th c., o possibly also under Low German influence), from Middle High German Tuonawe, perhaps under Slavic influence from earlier Tuonowe, Tuonow, from Old High German Tuonouwa, from something like Proto-West Germanic *Dōnauwju (cf. Middle Low German Dônouwe, Dônouw), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz paretymologically attracted to *auwju (“floodplain, meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːnaʊ̯/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Do‧nau
Proper noun
die Donau f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Donau)
- Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)
- 1544, Lorenz Fries, Historie, Nahmen, Geschlecht, Wesen, Thaten, gantz Leben und Sterben der gewesenen Bischoffen zu Wirtzburg und Hertzogen zu Francken:
- Aposteln nach der länge anzeigen; fiengan den christlichen glauben von dem jüdischen land aus allenthalben in die heydenschafft durch das römische Reich biß an die Donau, das ist, in den landen, die den Römern oder damahls ihren Kaysern unterworffen waren, zu predigen.
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Derived terms
- Alb-Donau-Kreis
- Donau-Ries
- Donaudelta
- Donauebene
- Donaufluss
- Donauhafen
- Donaulachs
- Donaumonarchie
- Donaumündung
- Donauquelle
- Donauschiff
- Donaustadt
- Donauufer
- Donauwasser
- Donauwelle
Descendants
Further reading
- “Donau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Donau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Donau” in Duden online
- Donau on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉː
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