Muschel
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German muschel, from Old High German muscula, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā (“mussel”). Doublet of Muskel.
Pronunciation
Noun
Muschel f (genitive Muschel, plural Muscheln)
- bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself)
- (cooking, often specifically) mussel
- Synonym: Miesmuschel
- (colloquial, rare) snailshell
- Synonym: Schneckenhaus
- (dated) Ellipsis of Hörmuschel.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Muschi (female genitalia)
- 1906, Felix Salten, Josefine Mutzenbacher:
- Nun sah ich ein, was ich an meiner Muschel besaß, und ich beschloß, sie nicht mehr zu verschenken.
- Now I realized how special my cunny was and decided not to give it away anymore.
Declension
Declension of Muschel
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Lower Sorbian: mušla
Further reading
- “Muschel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Muschel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Muschel” in Duden online
Muschel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Muschel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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Pronunciation
Noun
Muschel f (plural Muschle)