German edit

Etymology edit

From Maus (mouse), implying “catching mice”.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaʊ̯zn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mau‧sen

Verb edit

mausen (weak, third-person singular present maust, past tense mauste, past participle gemaust, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to steal things (typically things of little value)
  2. to catch mice
  3. (regional, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

mausen

  1. inflection of mause:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading edit

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