Mäusemelken
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Maus (“mouse”) + melken (“to milk an animal”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mäusemelken n (strong, genitive Mäusemelkens, no plural)
- (humorous, colloquial) a ridiculously tedious and inefficient process
- a desperate and hopeless situation (but not involving high stakes)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Mäusemelken [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Mäusemelken” in Duden online
- “Mäusemelken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mäusemelken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon