mausen
German, verb
mausen is spelled M-A-U-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mausen is a German verb meaning “to steal things (typically things of little value)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of mause. On this page, Mäusen is a different word: “dative plural of Maus”. With a capital, Mausen is a different word: “gerund of mausen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Maus fangen, um sie dann zu fressen”.
What does mausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto steal things (typically things of little value)
- 2
to catch mice
- 3
vulgarto have sexual intercourse
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
femininedative plural of Maus
noun
- 1
neutergerund of mausen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Maus fangen, um sie dann zu fressen 2. etwas entwenden, stehlen, klauen 3. Geschlechtsverkehr (Koitus) durchführen
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 mausen
- maust present singular third-person
- mauste past
- gemaust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mausend participle present
- mause first-person indicative present
- mausest second-person singular subjunctive
- mauset plural second-person subjunctive
- mausten first-person indicative plural
- maustest indicative preterite second-person
- maustet indicative plural preterite
- maus imperative second-person singular
- habe gemaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mause! imperative singular
- maus! imperative singular
- maust! imperative plural
- gemaust haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mausen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mausen in German?
mausen appears 1.9 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).