"Mäuschen" meaning in German

See Mäuschen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔʏ̯sçən/ Audio: De-Mäuschen.ogg
Etymology: Maus + -chen Etymology templates: {{af|de|Maus|-chen}} Maus + -chen Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Mäuschen n (strong, genitive Mäuschens, plural Mäuschen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Mäuschens [genitive], Mäuschen [plural], strong [table-tags], Mäuschen [nominative, singular], Mäuschen [definite, nominative, plural], Mäuschens [genitive, singular], Mäuschen [definite, genitive, plural], Mäuschen [dative, singular], Mäuschen [dative, definite, plural], Mäuschen [accusative, singular], Mäuschen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. diminutive of Maus (“mouse”) Tags: diminutive, form-of, neuter, strong Form of: Maus (extra: mouse)
    Sense id: en-Mäuschen-de-noun-vt~Cz4mQ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -chen, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 52 42 3 3 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -chen: 48 26 11 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 37 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 16 4 5
  2. honey, sweetie, pumpkin (pet name) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Mäuschen-de-noun-rNMig9D3
  3. fly on the wall (someone, usually theoretical, who listens at a private meeting) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Mäuschen-de-noun-I9nEX1st
  4. (possibly regional) the funny bone Tags: neuter, possibly, regional, strong
    Sense id: en-Mäuschen-de-noun-WsdAI6Fj Categories (other): Regional German

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Maus",
        "3": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Maus + -chen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Maus + -chen",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mäuschens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Mäuschen n (strong, genitive Mäuschens, plural Mäuschen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Mäus‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 42 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 26 11 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 37 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 16 4 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mouse",
          "word": "Maus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of Maus (“mouse”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mäuschen-de-noun-vt~Cz4mQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Maus",
          "Maus#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honey, sweetie, pumpkin (pet name)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mäuschen-de-noun-rNMig9D3",
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ],
        [
          "sweetie",
          "sweetie"
        ],
        [
          "pumpkin",
          "pumpkin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“You’d have liked to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.”",
          "text": "Bei dem Gespräch wäre man gern Mäuschen gewesen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fly on the wall (someone, usually theoretical, who listens at a private meeting)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mäuschen-de-noun-I9nEX1st",
      "links": [
        [
          "fly on the wall",
          "fly on the wall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the funny bone"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mäuschen-de-noun-WsdAI6Fj",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "funny bone",
          "funny bone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly regional) the funny bone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "possibly",
        "regional",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔʏ̯sçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mäuschen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/De-M%C3%A4uschen.ogg/De-M%C3%A4uschen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/De-M%C3%A4uschen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mäuschen"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms suffixed with -chen",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Maus + -chen",
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    {
      "form": "Mäuschens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mäuschen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Mäuschen n (strong, genitive Mäuschens, plural Mäuschen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Mäus‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mouse",
          "word": "Maus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of Maus (“mouse”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Maus",
          "Maus#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honey, sweetie, pumpkin (pet name)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ],
        [
          "sweetie",
          "sweetie"
        ],
        [
          "pumpkin",
          "pumpkin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“You’d have liked to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.”",
          "text": "Bei dem Gespräch wäre man gern Mäuschen gewesen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fly on the wall (someone, usually theoretical, who listens at a private meeting)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fly on the wall",
          "fly on the wall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Regional German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the funny bone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "funny bone",
          "funny bone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly regional) the funny bone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "possibly",
        "regional",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔʏ̯sçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mäuschen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/De-M%C3%A4uschen.ogg/De-M%C3%A4uschen.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Mäuschen"
}

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