# mausetot

mausetot is a German adjective meaning “stone dead”.

## In other languages

- Русский: разг. мертвёхонький, совершенно безжизненный

## Meanings

1. stone dead, dead as a dodo, dead as a doornail
2. _colloquial · familiär · emotional · verstärkend · auch übertragen_ stone dead; dead as a dodo / as dead as a dodo; dead as a doornail / as dead as a doornail; dead as mutton / as dead as mutton
   - Der Soldat war bereits verstorben; mausetot geschlagen lag er da.

## Examples

- Der alte Marley war mausetot. — Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

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