Mimose
See also: mimose
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mimose f (genitive Mimose, plural Mimosen)
- (botany) Mimosa; sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
- (figuratively) oversensitive person
- Sei nicht so empfindlich, du Mimose!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (literally, “Don't be so sensitive, you mimosa!”)
- 2015 May 28, Susann Sitzler, “Heiß und innig”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Eisenmassage, Feuersauna – koreanische Badehäuser sind nichts für Mimosen. Dafür kann man selig schlafen, wenn der Schmerz nachlässt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Mimose [feminine]
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Mimose” in Duden online