Mosel

English

Mosel in Zwickau

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mosel.

Proper noun

Mosel (countable and uncountable, plural Mosels)

1. A surname from German.
2. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
3. A village in Zwickau municipality, Saxony, Germany.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mosel is the 41359^th 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

From Latin Mosella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːzl̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mo‧sel

Proper noun

die Mosel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Mosel)

1. Moselle (a left tributary of the Rhine in France, Luxembourg and Germany)

Derived terms

• moselfränkisch
• moselländisch
• Mosellaner

Noun

Mosel m (strong, genitive Mosels, plural Mosel)

1. shorthand of Moselwein

Declension

Declension of Mosel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mosel	die	Mosel
genitive	eines	des	Mosels	der	Mosel
dative	einem	dem	Mosel	den	Moseln
accusative	einen	den	Mosel	die	Mosel

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

1. the Moselle (river)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mosel

1. the Moselle (river)