Mops

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mops"

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔps/

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"?

Declension

	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

Declension of Mops [masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• mopsen
• Mopsfledermaus
• Rollmops

Etymology 2

Noun

Mops

1. plural of Mop
2. genitive singular of Mop

Further reading

• “Mops” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mops” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mops” in Duden online