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German
Etymology
From Maus (“mouse”), implying “catching mice”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: mau‧sen
Verb
mausen (weak, third-person singular present maust, past tense mauste, past participle gemaust, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to steal things (typically things of little value)
- to catch mice
- (regional, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
Conjugation
Conjugation of
mausen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
mausen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Adjective
mausen
- inflection of mause:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
- “mausen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “mausen” in Duden online