mauen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mauen (weak, third-person singular present maut, past tense maute, past participle gemaut, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, Southwestern Germany) to meow
Conjugation
[edit]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.
Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]mauen
- Alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”)
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