An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Muße
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Muße, feminine, ‘leisure, ease,’ from Middle High German muoȥe, Old High German muoȥa, feminine, ‘leisure, ease, inactivity,’ Old High German also ‘possibility, suitable occasion’; allied to the Old Teutonic preterite present môtan (see müssen). —