This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Mucke. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Mucke, feminine, ‘whim, freak,’ a Low German form for the rare Middle High German muoche, ‘vexatious thought’; yet the word may be regarded as the normal Upper German form for Mücke, so that its derivation should be similar to that of Grille.