mausern
[ˈmaʊ̯zɐn]
The verdict
“mausern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Federkleid wechseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-mausern · mausern · German
mausern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mausern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊ̯zɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mausern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mausern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmaʊ̯zɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mausern in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mausern, spelled M-A-U-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1das Federkleid wechseln
- 2sich positiv entwickeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mausern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zweimal im Jahr mausern sich mein Wellensittich und die Kanarienvögel.
Das anfangs unscheinbare Stadtviertel hat sich mittlerweile zu einem bedeutenden Einkaufszentrum gemausert.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.