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The German word for mussel is
Muschel





mussel

Plural

The plural of Muschel is Muscheln.

German Definition


mussel
     Substantiv:
     [1] im Süßwasser lebende Muschel aus der Familie der Flussmuscheln (Unionidae) oder Dreikantmuscheln (Dreissenidae)
     [2] Miesmuschel (Familie Mytilidae)
          [1] Nowadays, mussels are quite rare in this river.
            Heutzutage sind Muscheln in diesem Fluss recht selten.
          [2] As she wheeled her wheelbarrow / Through streets broad an narrow / Crying "Cockles and mussels! Alive, Alive Oh!"
            wie sie ihre Schubkarre durch breite und enge Straßen schob und schrie „Lebendige Herz- und Miesmuscheln!“

Translations for mussel and their definitions

Muschel ©
     n-f. bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself)
     n-f. (cooking, often, specifically) mussel
     n-f. (colloquial rare) snailshell
     n-f. dated ellipsis of Hörmuschel
     n-f. obsolete synonym of Muschi (female genitalia)


Miesmuschel
     n-f. a type of edible mussel common to the North Sea- the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis.


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