mausen

German

Etymology

From Maus (mouse), implying “catching mice”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaʊ̯zn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: mau‧sen

Verb

mausen (weak, third-person singular present maust, past tense mauste, past participle gemaust, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to steal things (typically things of little value)
  2. to catch mice
  3. (regional, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse

Conjugation

Derived terms

Adjective

mausen

  1. inflection of mause:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • mausen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mausen” in Duden online
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