Muus

Muus

See also: muus, Müüs, and Múus

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs. Cognate with German Maus, Dutch muis, English mouse, Icelandic mús.

Pronunciation

Noun

Muus f (plural Müüs, diminutive Müüsli)

  1. mouse

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle High German mūs.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /muːs/

    Noun

    Muus f (plural Müüs, diminutive Müüsje)

    1. (Ripuarian) mouse
      Ich jlööve, mer hann en Muus em Huus.
      I think we have a mouse in the house.

    Descendants

    • Hunsrik: Maus
    • Luxembourgish: Maus

    East Central German

    Etymology

    From Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą.

    Noun

    Muus n

    1. (Erzgebirgisch) moss

    Further reading

    • Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 87

    Limburgish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

    The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /muːs/
    • (Eupen, uncommon) IPA(key): [muːə̯s]
    • Rhymes: -uːs

    Noun

    Muus f (plural Müüs, diminutive Müsske or Müüske)

    1. (Eupen, Krefeld) mouse (animal)
    2. (same dialects) mouse (computer input device)

    Low German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German mûs, from Old Saxon mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

    The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mus/

    Noun

    Muus f (plural Müüs) (German Low German)

    1. mouse, Mus musculus
    2. mouse (computing)

    Derived terms

    • Computermuus
    • Huusmuus
    • Reeknermuus

    See also

    References

    • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)