Mauer

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʊ̯ər/,
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ
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Etymology 1

    From Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós. Cognate with Yiddish מויער (moyer).

    Noun

    Mauer f (genitive Mauer, plural Mauern, diminutive Mäuerchen n or Mäuerlein n)

    1. a wall, usually one made of stone or concrete
    2. (figurative, sports) several players forming a blockade against the ball
    Usage notes
    • See Wand for notes on the distinction between Mauer and this sometimes interchangeable word.
    Declension
    Declension of Mauer
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Mauer die Mauern
    genitive einer der Mauer der Mauern
    dative einer der Mauer den Mauern
    accusative eine die Mauer die Mauern
    Derived terms
    See also

    Proper noun

    die Mauer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Mauer)

    1. the Berlin Wall
      Die Mauer muss weg!
      The Wall must fall!

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    Mauer n (proper noun, genitive Mauers or (optionally with an article) Mauer)

    1. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Further reading

    • “Mauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • “Mauer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Mauer” in Duden online
    • Mauer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

      Inherited from Central Franconian Mouer, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      Mauer f (plural Maure, diminutive Mauerche)

      1. wall

      References

      • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Mauer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 107, column 2

      Luxembourgish

      Etymology

        From Central Franconian Mouer, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        Mauer f (plural Mauren)

        1. wall
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