Maultier

German

Etymology

From Middle High German *mūltier, from Old High German *mūltior, from Proto-West Germanic *mūladeuʀ, from *mūl +‎ *deuʀ. Equivalent to obsolete Maul (“mule”) +‎ Tier (“animal”). Cognate with Dutch muildier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊ̯ltiːr/, [ˈmaʊ̯lˌti(ː)ɐ̯]

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Noun

Maultier n (strong, genitive Maultiers or Maultieres, plural Maultiere)

1. mule (offspring of a male donkey and female horse)

   Coordinate term: Maulesel (“hinny”)

2. (loosely) mule (hybrid offspring of a donkey and a horse regardless of their genders)

   Synonym: Muli

Declension

Declension of Maultier [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Maultier	die	Maultiere
genitive	eines	des	Maultiers, Maultieres	der	Maultiere
dative	einem	dem	Maultier, Maultiere1	den	Maultieren
accusative	ein	das	Maultier	die	Maultiere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Silesian: maultiyr

Further reading

• “Maultier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Maultier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Maultier” in Duden online
• Maultier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de