"Mäusemelken" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [mɔɪ̯zəˈmɛlkn̩] Audio: De-Mäusemelken.ogg Forms: Mäusemelkens [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Mäusemelken [nominative, singular], Mäusemelkens [genitive, singular], Mäusemelken [dative, singular], Mäusemelken [accusative, singular]
Etymology: Maus (“mouse”) + melken (“to milk an animal”) Etymology templates: {{af|de|Maus|melken|t1=mouse|t2=to milk an animal}} Maus (“mouse”) + melken (“to milk an animal”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} Mäusemelken n (strong, genitive Mäusemelkens, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. (humorous, colloquial) a ridiculously tedious and inefficient process Tags: colloquial, humorous, neuter, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Mäusemelken-de-noun-bay2pUUg
  2. a desperate and hopeless situation (but not involving high stakes) Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Mäusemelken-de-noun-M~agyIGs Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Mäusemelkerei
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