Mäuschen
German
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔʏ̯sçən/
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- Hyphenation: Mäus‧chen
Noun
    
Mäuschen n (strong, genitive Mäuschens, plural Mäuschen)
- Diminutive of Maus (“mouse”)
- honey, sweetie, pumpkin (pet name)
- fly on the wall (someone, usually theoretical, who listens at a private meeting)
- Bei dem Gespräch wäre man gern Mäuschen gewesen.- “You’d have liked to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.”
 
 
- (possibly regional) the funny bone
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- “Mäuschen” in Duden online
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