Mauke

German

Etymology

15th century, from Middle Low German mūke, from Proto-West Germanic *mūku. Of unknown further origin; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mūkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).[1][2]

Cognate with Middle High German mūche (whence dialectal German Mauche) and Middle Dutch muyck (whence Dutch muik, now usually mok). The -au- in Mauke either through conflation with the inherited form or simply through artificial adaptation to the Standard German vowel system. Also cognate slightly farther to English muck and meek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʊ̯kə/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Mauke f (genitive Mauke, plural Mauken)

  1. mud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)
  2. (colloquial, regional, chiefly plural, derogatory) foot
    Nimm deine Mauken vom Tisch!
    Get your feet off the table!

Declension

Declension of Mauke [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mauke die Mauken
genitive einer der Mauke der Mauken
dative einer der Mauke den Mauken
accusative eine die Mauke die Mauken

Derived terms

References

  • “Mauke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mauke” in Duden online
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Mauke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “744-45”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 744-45
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