mauen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaʊ̯ən]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ̯ən
- Hyphenation: mau‧en
Etymology 1
From Middle High German mouen. Cognate with Middle Low German mawen, mauwen, mouwen (“to meow”), Middle Dutch mauwen (modern Dutch meeuwen (“to meow”)), Middle English mewen, mouwen (modern English meow).
Verb
mauen (weak, third-person singular present maut, past tense maute, past participle gemaut, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, Southwestern Germany) to meow
Conjugation
Conjugation of mauen (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | mauen | ||||
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present participle | mauend | ||||
past participle | gemaut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich maue | wir mauen | i | ich maue | wir mauen |
du maust | ihr maut | du mauest | ihr mauet | ||
er maut | sie mauen | er maue | sie mauen | ||
preterite | ich maute | wir mauten | ii | ich maute1 | wir mauten1 |
du mautest | ihr mautet | du mautest1 | ihr mautet1 | ||
er maute | sie mauten | er maute1 | sie mauten1 | ||
imperative | mau (du) maue (du) |
maut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of mauen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
mauen
- inflection of mau:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
Middle English
Verb
mauen
- alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”)