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Mauer
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See also: mauer
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle High German mūre. Cognate with Yiddish מויער (moyer).
Noun
Mauer f (genitive Mauer, plural Mauern, diminutive Mäuerchen n or Mäuerlein n)
- a wall, usually one made of stone or concrete
- (figurative, sports) several players forming a blockade against the ball
Usage notes
- See Wand for notes on the distinction between Mauer and this sometimes interchangeable word.
Declension
Declension of Mauer [feminine]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Berliner Mauer
- Betonmauer
- Brandmauer
- Bruchsteinmauer
- Burgmauer
- chinesische Mauer
- Feldsteinmauer
- Felsmauer
- Feuermauer
- Friedhofsmauer
- Gartenmauer
- Gefängnismauer
- Grenzmauer
- Grundmauer
- Hausmauer
- Hofmauer
- Kaimauer
- Klagemauer
- Klostermauer
- Lawinenschutzmauer
- Lehmmauer
- Mantelmauer
- Maueranker
- Mauerblümchen
- Mauerblume
- Mauerdurchbruch
- Mauerdurchgang
- Mauerfall
- Mauerfuge
- Mauerkasten
- Mauerkrone
- Mauerlattich
- Mauerloch
- Mauernische
- Mauerpfeffer
- Mauersockel
- Mauerspecht
- Mauerstein
- Mauerstück
- Mauertor
- Mauervorsprung
- Mauerwerk
- Mauerziegel
- Mittelmauer
- Nordmauer
- Ostmauer
- Regenmauer
- Ringmauer
- Römermauer
- Schallmauer
- Schildmauer
- Schutzmauer
- Stadtmauer
- Staumauer
- Steinmauer
- Südmauer
- Trennmauer
- Ufermauer
- Umfassungsmauer
- Vormauer
- Wehrmauer
- Westmauer
- Ziegelsteinmauer
- Zwingermauer
See also
Proper noun
die Mauer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Mauer)
- the Berlin Wall
- Die Mauer muss weg!
- The Wall must fall!
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Mauer n (proper noun, genitive Mauers or (optionally with an article) Mauer)
- a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Further reading
- “Mauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mauer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mauer” in Duden online
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Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Central Franconian Mouer, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mauer f (plural Maure, diminutive Mauerche)
References
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mauer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 107, column 2
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
Inherited from Central Franconian Mouer.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mauer f (plural Mauren)
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