Muschel

From Middle High German muschel, from Old High German muscula, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā (“mussel”). Doublet of Muskel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊʃəl/, [ˈmʊʃl̩]

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Muschel f (genitive Muschel, plural Muscheln)

1. bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself)
2. (cooking, often specifically) mussel

   Synonym: Miesmuschel

3. (colloquial, rare) snailshell

   Synonym: Schneckenhaus

4. (dated) Ellipsis of Hörmuschel.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of Muschi (female genitalia)
   • 1906, Felix Salten, Josefine Mutzenbacher‎:

     Nun sah ich ein, was ich an meiner Muschel besaß, und ich beschloß, sie nicht mehr zu verschenken.

     Now I realized how special my cunny was and decided not to give it away anymore.

• → Lower Sorbian: mušla

• “Muschel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Muschel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Muschel” in Duden online
• Muschel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Muschel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʃl̩/

Muschel f (plural Muschle)

1. mussel

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary