mauern
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See also: Mauern
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German mūren, from the root of Mauer (“wall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mauern (weak, third-person singular present mauert, past tense mauerte, past participle gemauert, auxiliary haben)
- to build a wall, to lay bricks
- (card games) to play defensively in a card game
- (sports) to defend the goal with (almost) all players
- (figurative) to refuse to cooperate; to stonewall
- 2017 April 7, “Die Zeit”, in Die ZEIT:
- Die Landesforstbetriebe mauern, wenn es darum geht die Daten rauszurücken, anhand derer nachvollziehbar wäre, was und wo gefällt wurde.
- The forest agencies stonewall the inquiries for information suitable to track what has been cut down in what place.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | mauern | ||||
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present participle | mauernd | ||||
past participle | gemauert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich maure ich mauere ich mauer |
wir mauern | i | ich mauere ich maure |
wir mauern |
du mauerst | ihr mauert | du mauerest du maurest |
ihr maueret ihr mauret | ||
er mauert | sie mauern | er mauere er maure |
sie mauern | ||
preterite | ich mauerte | wir mauerten | ii | ich mauerte1 | wir mauerten1 |
du mauertest | ihr mauertet | du mauertest1 | ihr mauertet1 | ||
er mauerte | sie mauerten | er mauerte1 | sie mauerten1 | ||
imperative | maure (du) mauer (du) mauere (du) |
mauert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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