Maus

See also: maus and MAUs

English

Noun

Maus

1. plural of Mau

Anagrams

• AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, masu, saum

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /maʊ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

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Noun

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)

1. mouse (animal)
2. mouse (computer input device)

   Synonyms: Computermaus, Mouse

3. (colloquial) babe

   Synonyms: Hase, Schatz, Mausi, Mäuschen, Mäusken

   • 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)

4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (colloquial, vulgar) cunt, mickey (vulva, vagina)

Declension

Declension of Maus [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Maus	die	Mäuse
genitive	einer	der	Maus	der	Mäuse
dative	einer	der	Maus	den	Mäusen
accusative	eine	die	Maus	die	Mäuse

Derived terms

• 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

 

See also

• Mäuse (“money”)

Further reading

• “Maus” in Duden online
• “Maus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Maus” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Maus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʊ̯s/

Noun

Maus f (nominative plural Meis, diminutive Meisje)

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of Maus

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	die	Maus	die	Meis
dative	där/de	Maus	den/de	Meis

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Maus”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæu̯s/, [mæˑʊ̯s]

Noun

Maus f (plural Mais)

1. mouse

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Maus f (plural Meis)

1. mouse

Derived terms

• Fleddermaus
• Schpeckmaus