Maus
English edit
Noun edit
Maus
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs. Doublet of Mouse.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Maus f (genitive Maus, plural Mäuse, diminutive Mäuschen n or Mäuslein n or Mäuselein n or (uncommon, south-western German) Mäusle n, masculine (for the animal) Mäuserich, feminine (for the animal) Mäusin)
- mouse (animal)
- mouse (computer input device)
- Synonyms: Computermaus, Mouse
- (colloquial) babe
- 1981, “Rosi”, in Stinker, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:
- Ganz egal was ich esse, es schmeckt alles nach dir / Und die Maus letzte Nacht, hat mich auch nicht kapiert
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?)(colloquial, only in the plural) dough (money)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- Ährenmaus
- aus die Maus
- Babymaus
- Brandmaus
- Feldmaus
- Fledermaus
- Hausmaus
- Japanische Tanzmaus
- Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
- Mausbaby
- Mäusebaby
- Mausefalle
- Mäusefrau
- Mäusejunges
- Mäusekino
- Mauseloch
- Mäusemännchen
- Mausemännchen
- Mäusemelken
- mausetot
- Mauseweibchen
- Mäuseweibchen
- mausgrau
- Mausjunges
- Mausmännchen
- Mausweibchen
- Spitzmaus
- Springmaus
- Tritonsmaus
- Waldmaus
- Wühlmaus
- Wüstenrennmaus
Further reading edit
- “Maus” in Duden online
- “Maus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Maus” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Maus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Maus f (plural Meis, diminutive Meisje)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Maus f (plural Mais)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs. Compare German Maus, Dutch muis, English mouse, Swedish mus.
Noun edit
Maus f (plural Meis)