Maus

See also: 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʊ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

• Audio (Germany)

  (file)

• Audio (Germany)

  (file)

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

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

4. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?)(colloquial, only in the plural) dough (money)

   Synonyms: Kohle, Kröten

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
• Mauseloch
• Mäusemännchen
• Mausemännchen
• Mäusemelken
• mausetot
• Mäuseweibchen
• Mauseweibchen
• mausgrau
• Mausjunges
• Mausmännchen
• Mausweibchen
• Spitzmaus
• Springmaus
• Tritonsmaus
• Waldmaus
• Wühlmaus
• Wüstenrennmaus

 

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 (plural Meis, diminutive Meisje)

1. mouse

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

---

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