mausern

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German

Etymology

From the noun Mauser (moulting of feathers).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʊ̯.zərn/,
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Verb

mausern (weak, third-person singular present mausert, past tense mauserte, past participle gemausert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to moult feathers
    Alle Vögel müssen sich mausern, um alte Federn zu beseitigen
    All birds need to moult to get rid of old feathers
  2. (figurative, reflexive) to change positively, improve; turn over a new leaf
    Sie hat sich in den letzten Monaten sehr gemausert
    She has improved a lot in the last months

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References

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