Mauke
German, noun/ˈmaʊ̯kə/
Mauke is spelled M-A-U-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mauke is a German feminine noun meaning “mud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bakterielle Hautentzündung in der Fesselbeugen von Huftieren und Klauentieren, insbesondere Pferden, die vor…”.
What does Mauke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)
- 2
colloquialderogatoryfemininefoot
Nimm deine Mauken vom Tisch!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bakterielle Hautentzündung in der Fesselbeugen von Huftieren und Klauentieren, insbesondere Pferden, die vor allem an den Hintergliedmaßen auftritt 2. Stoffwechselerkrankung, bei der es durch hohe Harnsäurekonzentrationen im Blut zur Ablagerung von Harnsäurekristallen in Gelenken und anderen Geweben kommt; Gicht 3. tumorartige Krankheit, die an Weinreben auftritt 4. Fuß
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Mauke
- Mauken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mauke?
- /ˈmaʊ̯kə/
- [ˈmaʊ̯kə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mauke in German?
Mauke appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).