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On 23/11/2015 09:13, Martin wrote:
The Dutch press calls them mice. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archive...ected-by-mice/ http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2...n_kapot__.html Finally the slow wheels of my mind have come around. Back in January I wrote this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BChlm%C3%A4use My wife's Collins dictionary leaves off the trailing 'e'. There's an image there "Rötelmaus (Myodes glareolus)". That's the same species name as the thing known in English as the Bank Vole. The field or short-tailed vole is Microtus agrestis; that seems to be the Erdmaus https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdmaus. ("Earth Mouse") Note that Wühlmäuse has an umlaut on the a, and a trailing e, that is missing from Erdmaus. Glad to see it isn't just English that has crazee spielings . I'm also not clear what Rötel means. It's the name of the iron mineral haematite, and in the plural is German measles... perhaps russet or such. If in German it's referred to as a mouse (maus) then I wouldn't be surprised to find you use similar terminology. Is there such a word as vole in Dutch? Andy |
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