Maus
English
editNoun
editMaus
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs. Doublet of Mouse.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /maʊ̯s/
- Rhymes: -aʊ̯s
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file)
Noun
editMaus f (genitive Maus, plural Mäuse, diminutive Mäuschen n or Mäuslein n or Mäuselein n or (uncommon, south-western German) Mäusle n or (Austria) Mauserl n, masculine (for the animal) Mäuserich, feminine (for the animal) Mäusin)
- mouse (animal)
- (computing) mouse (input device)
- Synonyms: Computermaus, Mouse
- (colloquial) babe
- 1981, “Rosi”, in Stinker, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:
- Ganz egal was ich esse, es schmeckt alles nach dir / Und die Maus letzte Nacht, hat mich auch nicht kapiert
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, vulgar) cunt, mickey (vulva, vagina)
- V. Elvers, Nothzucht und Todtschlag, in: 1878, Vierteljahrsschrift für gerichtliche Medizin und öffentliches Sanitätswesen. Neue Folge. XXIX. Band, Berlin, p. 20ff., here p. 29f. ([1]):
- Er […] steckte sein Ding in meine Maus. […] Er nahm sein Ding aus meiner Maus heraus […] und steckte wieder sein Ding in meine Maus.
- 2016, Caroline Milf, Die Untreue der Familie (Erotik Roman), neobooks, e-book edition without page numbers:
- […] als sie seinen Schwengel wieder ergriff und in ihre Maus zurückstopfte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019, Dietmar Dressel, Ach ja die Liebe (Roman), BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, p. 122:
- Das Einführen seines Lümmels in ihre Maus möchte ihr Ehemann traditionsbewusst schon selbst in die eigene Hand nehmen. […] Es soll wohl vorgekommen sein, […] , dass […] seinem guten Stück vor dem Einführen in ihre Maus plötzlich die Kraft fehlte und wie eine schlappe Nudel nicht mehr zu gebrauchen war.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022, Gisela Paprotny, Streichelnder Tod, BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, p. 5 (in direct speech):
- […] und stecke deinen großen Zeh hier in mein Mäuschen! […] und nun stecke deinen Zeh in meine Maus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- V. Elvers, Nothzucht und Todtschlag, in: 1878, Vierteljahrsschrift für gerichtliche Medizin und öffentliches Sanitätswesen. Neue Folge. XXIX. Band, Berlin, p. 20ff., here p. 29f. ([1]):
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- Ährenmaus
- aus die Maus
- Babymaus
- Brandmaus
- Feldmaus
- Fledermaus
- Hausmaus
- Japanische Tanzmaus
- Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
- Mausbaby
- Mäusebaby
- Mausefalle
- Mäusefrau
- Mäusejunges
- Mäusekino
- Mauseloch
- Mäusemännchen
- Mausemännchen
- Mäusemelken
- mausetot
- Mauseweibchen
- Mäuseweibchen
- mausgrau
- Mausjunges
- Mausmännchen
- Mauspad
- Mausweibchen
- Spitzmaus
- Springmaus
- Tritonsmaus
- Waldmaus
- Wühlmaus
- Wüstenrennmaus
See also
edit- Mäuse (“money”)
Further reading
edit- “Maus” in Duden online
- “Maus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Maus” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Maus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editInherited from Central Franconian Muus, from Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMaus f (plural Meis, diminutive Meisje)
Further reading
edit- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Maus”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108, column 1
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Central Franconian Muus, from Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMaus f (plural Mais)
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs. Compare German Maus, Dutch muis, English mouse, Swedish mus.
Noun
editMaus f (plural Meis)
Derived terms
edit- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German doublets
- German semantic loans from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯s
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯s/1 syllable
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Computing
- German colloquialisms
- German terms with quotations
- German vulgarities
- de:Murids
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯s
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯s/1 syllable
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- hrx:Rodents
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Central Franconian
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish feminine nouns
- lb:Rodents
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German feminine nouns