Mule

See also: mule, mulé, Mulè, mûle, m̧uļe, and mulę

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals.
• Borrowed from Italian Mulè.
• Borrowed from French Mule.

Proper noun

Mule (plural Mules)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mule is the 19027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mule”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 632.

Anagrams

• lume

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• muule (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːl/
• Rhymes: -uːl
• Hyphenation: Mu‧le

Noun

Mule m (nominative plural Mule, diminutive Mulche) (Boll spelling)

1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
   • 2022, Piipel, Naye Testamënt, translation of the Bible, Lukas 13:15:

     Too hot te Hër keantwort: — Teyer xayn hayliche! Am samstach keet yeete eene fon aych an te xtal un pint sayne oks ore sayne muule ap un nëmt em fer waser trinke.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Mule

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	där/de	Mule	die	Mule
dative	dem	Mule	denne/de	Mule

Derived terms

nouns

• Mulejohre
• Mulewegh