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mausern
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German
Etymology
From the noun Mauser (“moulting of feathers”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mausern (weak, third-person singular present mausert, past tense mauserte, past participle gemausert, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to moult feathers
- Alle Vögel müssen sich mausern, um alte Federn zu beseitigen
- All birds need to moult to get rid of old feathers
- (figurative, reflexive) to change positively, improve; turn over a new leaf
- Sie hat sich in den letzten Monaten sehr gemausert
- She has improved a lot in the last months
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
See also
- häuten (“to moult skin”)
References
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