Mops

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mops"

Translingual

Specimen of Mops condylurus.

Etymology

Etymology tree
Dutch mop
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Old Dutch -isc
Middle Dutch -sch
Dutch -sch
Dutch -s
Dutch mopsder.
Translingual Mops

    Derived from Dutch mops (“pug”), due to the similarities in their facial structures. Coined by French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist René Lesson in 1842.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Mops m

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Molossidae – certain bats.
    2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Molossidae – Mops (Mops).

    Derived terms

    References

    German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mɔps/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Dutch mops (“pug”). Further origin unsettled. Possibly a malicious use of mop (“German; Fritz; Kraut”), an early variant of mof. Alternatively from mopperen (“to grumble”), earlier also moppen, to which compare regional German möppern. The latter is plausible given the seemingly grumpy face of the dog.

    Noun

    Mops m (strong, genitive Mopses, plural Möpse)

    1. pug (dog)
    2. (colloquial) chubby person
    3. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob; tit (woman’s breast)
      • 1985, John Irving (translator anonymous), Laßt die Bären los! (original title: Setting Free the Bears, 1968), reprinted 2013, Diogenes Verlag AG, →ISBN, p. 39:
        »Mein linker Mops juckt«, flüsterte sie. »Ich habe eine Wagenladung Erde im BH.«
        “My left boob’s itchy,” she whispered. “There’s a truckload of ground in my bra.”
      Ist das keine Verstümmelung, wenn mann die Brüste/den Busen einer Frau als »Möpse« bezeichnet?
      Isn't that an act of maltreatment/mutilation if you call a woman's breasts "boobs"?
      "Die gefallene Madonna mit den prallen Möpsen" des Malers Van Klomp, die nun von Adolf Hitler gesucht wird.
      "The fallen Madonna with the big boobies" by the artist Van Klomp, that Hitler's looking for
    Declension
    Declension of Mops [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Mops die Möpse
    genitive eines des Mopses der Möpse
    dative einem dem Mops, Mopse1 den Möpsen
    accusative einen den Mops die Möpse

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    Mops

    1. plural of Mop
    2. genitive singular of Mop

    Further reading

    • “Mops”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Mops” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Mops” in Duden online
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