Auto

See also: auto, autó, aùto, autō, aŭto, auto-, Auto., and Appendix:Variations of "auto"

English

Proper noun

Auto

1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia

Anagrams

• aout, outa

Bavarian

Etymology

From French automobile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɔ̯d̥ːo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɒːd̥ːo/ (Vienna)

Noun

Auto n (plural Auto)

1. car

German

verschiedene Autos

Etymology

Clipping of Automobil, from French automobile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯toː/, [ˈʔaʊ̯tʰoː]

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• Hyphenation: Au‧to

Noun

Auto n (strong, genitive Autos, plural Autos)

1. car

   Synonyms: (jocular) Benzinkutsche, (informal) Karre, (informal) Kiste, (officalese) KFZ, Wagen

   Das ist das Auto meines Vaters.

   That is my father’s car.

Declension

Declension of Auto [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Auto	die	Autos
genitive	eines	des	Autos	der	Autos
dative	einem	dem	Auto	den	Autos
accusative	ein	das	Auto	die	Autos

Derived terms

• autoartig
• Autobauer
• Autodach
• Autohaus
• Autohof
• autolos
• Autoparkplatz
• Autostraße
• Autotür
• Autotürschloss
• Autoverkehr
• Autoversicherung

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Auto

Further reading

• “Auto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Auto” in Duden online
• “Auto” in Duden online
• “Auto” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• auto (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)

Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.

French auto-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin mōbilislbor.

French mobile

French automobilebor.

German Automobil

German Autobor.

Hunsrik Auto

Borrowed from German Auto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯to/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯to
• Syllabification: Au‧to

Noun

Auto n (plural Autos)

1. car; automobile

   Synonym: Karre

   Er hod en neies Auto kaafd.

   He bought a new car.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑʊ̯to]

Noun

Auto m (plural Autoen)

1. car

Synonyms

• Won

Plautdietsch

Noun

Auto n (plural Autos)

1. automobile, auto, car