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Auer

UK/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/US/ˈaʊɚ/

Auer proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Auer (countable and uncountable, plural Auers)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A surname from Finnish.
  3. A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora.

Forms of Auer

pluralAuers

Origin of Auer

Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).

Phrases with Auer

Questions about Auer

What does Auer mean?
Auer means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Auer?
Auer is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Auer?
Auer is pronounced /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ (UK).

Words near Auer in the dictionary

  1. Audun-le-Roman
  2. Audureau
  3. Audureaus
  4. aue
  5. Auelkhan
  6. Auer
  7. Auer rod
  8. Auer rods
  9. Auerbach
  10. Auerbachian
  11. Auerbachs

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