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Mus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mus"

Translingual

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House mouse (Mus musculus)

Etymology

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Latin mus (“mouse”)

Proper noun

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Mus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – typical mice.

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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terms derived from Mus spelled with 'u'
terms derived from Mus spelled with 'y'

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English

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Noun

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Mus

  1. plural of Mu

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos, from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Mus n or (regional) m (strong, genitive Muses, plural Muse)

  1. mush, mash (food of a pulpy consistency, chiefly made out of fruit and vegetables)
    Synonyms: Brei, Püree
    Der Kleine kriegt ein Mus aus Birne und Erdbeeren.
    The little one gets a mush out of pears and strawberry.
    Es gab Frikadellen und ein Mus aus Kartoffeln.
    We had meatballs and a mash made out of potatoes.

Usage notes

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  • Masculine gender predominates in Central and Eastern Saxony, neuter gender is the predominant form otherwise.

Declension

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Declension of Mus [neuter // masculine (regional), strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Mus die Muse
genitive eines des Muses der Muse
dative einem dem Mus, Muse1 den Musen
accusative ein, einen das, den Mus die Muse

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Mus” in Duden online
  • “Mus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mûs, from Old Saxon mūs.

Noun

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Mus f (plural Mies)

  1. mouse

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