mauen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German mouen. Cognate with Middle Low German mawen, mauwen, mouwen (to meow), Middle Dutch mauwen (modern Dutch meeuwen (to meow)), Middle English mewen, mouwen (modern English meow).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯ən
  • Hyphenation: mau‧en

Verb

mauen (weak, third-person singular present maut, past tense maute, past participle gemaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Switzerland, Southwestern Germany) to meow
    Synonyms: miauen, maunzen, mauzen

Conjugation

Further reading

  • mauen” in Duden online
  • mauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Verb

mauen

  1. Alternative form of mowen (to be able to)