Maser

See also: maser, MASER, masér, måser, and Mäser

German

Etymology

From Middle High German maser, from Old High German masar, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz (“veined wood”). Cognate to English mazer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Maser f (genitive Maser, plural Masern)

1. knot (bright excrescence on the trunk of a tree)
2. vein (of wood)

Declension

Declension of Maser [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Maser	die	Masern
genitive	einer	der	Maser	der	Masern
dative	einer	der	Maser	den	Masern
accusative	eine	die	Maser	die	Masern

Derived terms

• Maserung

Noun

Maser m (strong, genitive Masers, plural Maser)

1. (physics) maser (device for amplifying microwaves by stimulating radiation emission)

Declension

Declension of Maser [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Maser	die	Maser
genitive	eines	des	Masers	der	Maser
dative	einem	dem	Maser	den	Masern
accusative	einen	den	Maser	die	Maser

Further reading

• “Maser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Maser (Maserung, Zeichnung)” in Duden online
• “Gerät” in Duden online
• Maser on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de