mauern

See also: Mauern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mūren, from the root of Mauer (“wall”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌmaʊ̯ɐn/
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Verb

mauern (weak, third-person singular present mauert, past tense mauerte, past participle gemauert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to build a wall, to lay bricks
  2. (card games) to play defensively in a card game
  3. (sports) to defend the goal with (almost) all players
  4. (figurative) to refuse to cooperate; to stonewall
    • 2017 April 7, “Die Zeit”, in Die ZEIT:
      Die Landesforstbetriebe mauern, wenn es darum geht die Daten rauszurücken, anhand derer nachvollziehbar wäre, was und wo gefällt wurde.
      The forest agencies stonewall the inquiries for information suitable to track what has been cut down in what place.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “mauern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “mauern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “mauern” in Duden online
  • “mauern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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