Mauke
German
Etymology
15th century, from Middle Low German mūke, from Proto-West Germanic *mukk. 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaʊ̯kə/
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Noun
Mauke f (genitive Mauke, plural Mauken)
- mud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)
- (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
- Käsemauken
- Stinkemauken
References
- “Mauke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mauke” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Mauke”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 744-45