Maul

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“snout, mouth”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Cognate with Dutch muil (“muzzle, snout”), Danish mule (“muzzle”), West Frisian mûle (“mouth”), Alemannic German Muul (“mouth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maʊ̯l/ === Noun === Maul n (strong, genitive Maules or Mauls, plural Mäuler, diminutive Mäulchen n) mouth of an animal (derogatory) mouth of a person Halt's Maul! ― Shut your mouth! a part of a tool that holds or carries something ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Bärenmaul, Hundemaul, Löwenmaul, Rundmäuler Lästermaul, Spottmaul, Schandmaul ==== Related terms ==== Maulkorb, Maulsperre, Maultasche, Maultrommel Breitmaulfrosch, Dickmaulrüssler === See also === Mund, mouth of a person in a non-pejorative sense maulen === Further reading === “Maul” in Duden online “Maul”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“snout, mouth”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maʊ̯l/ === Noun === Maul n (plural Meiler, diminutive Meilche) mouth of an animal === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Maul”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“snout, mouth”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mæːʊ̯l/ === Noun === Maul f (plural Mailer) mouth of an animal (derogatory) mouth of a person == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“snout, mouth”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare German Maul, Dutch muil. === Noun === Maul n (plural Meiler) mouth