Mauser
German, noun
Mauser is spelled M-A-U-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mauser is a German feminine noun meaning “moult (the process in which a bird’s plumage renews)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, mauser is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wechseln des Gefieders beziehungsweise der Federn bei Vögeln”.
What does Mauser mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoult (the process in which a bird’s plumage renews).
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wechseln des Gefieders beziehungsweise der Federn bei Vögeln
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 Mauser
- Mausern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Mauser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mauser in German?
Mauser appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).