Maul
German, noun/maʊ̯l/
Maul is spelled M-A-U-L (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maul is a German neuter noun meaning “mouth of an animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Körperöffnung bei Tieren, durch die Nahrung aufgenommen wird”.
What does Maul mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermouth of an animal
- 2
derogatoryneutermouth of a person
Halt's Maul!
- 3
neutera part of a tool that holds or carries something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Körperöffnung bei Tieren, durch die Nahrung aufgenommen wird 2. menschlicher Mund
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 Maul
- Maules genitive
- Mauls genitive
- Mäuler plural
- Mäulchen diminutive neuter
- Maule dative singular
- Mäulern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Maul?
- /maʊ̯l/
- [maʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Maul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Maul in German?
Maul appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).