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English
Noun
Maus
- plural of Mau
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From 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
Noun
Maus 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
- Synonyms: Hase, Schatz, Mausi, Mäuschen, Mäusken
- (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. ():
- 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:
- 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)
Declension
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See also
Further reading
- “Maus” in Duden online
- “Maus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Maus” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Maus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
Maus f (plural Meis, diminutive Meisje)
- mouse
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
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
Noun
Maus f (plural Mais)
- mouse
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs. Compare German Maus, Dutch muis, English mouse, Swedish mus.
Noun
Maus f (plural Meis)
- mouse
Derived terms