Mosel
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Mosel (countable and uncountable, plural Mosels)
- A surname from German.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A village in Zwickau municipality, Saxony, Germany.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mosel is the 41359th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Mosel is most common among White (93.73%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mosel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 624.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoːzl̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Mo‧sel
Proper noun
die Mosel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Mosel)
- Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany)
Derived terms
- moselfränkisch
- moselländisch
- Mosellaner
Noun
Mosel m (strong, genitive Mosels, plural Mosel)
- shorthand of Moselwein
Declension
Declension of Mosel [masculine, strong]
Further reading
- “Mosel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Mosel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mosel” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Mosel
- Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Mosel
- Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany)