German edit

Etymology edit

From the noun Mauser (moulting of feathers).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʊ̯.zərn/, [ˈmaʊ̯.zɐn]
  • (file)

Verb edit

mausern (weak, third-person singular present mausert, past tense mauserte, past participle gemausert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to moult feathers
    Alle Vögel müssen sich mausern, um alte Federn zu beseitigen
    All birds need to moult to get rid of old feathers
  2. (figurative, reflexive) to change positively, improve; turn over a new leaf
    Sie hat sich in den letzen Monden sehr gemausert
    She has improved a lot in the last months

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

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