German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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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

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