Feminine

Mieze

😺

Meaning

(feminine,informal) pussy (cat)
(feminine,informal) attractive woman
(feminine,informal) pretty cat

fille

young woman

damoiselle

damosel

damozel

Samtpfote

Pussy

Fellnase

Pantoffeltiger

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiːt͡sə/

Cognate with Albanian

mace

Cognate with French

matou

In summary

Possibly onomatopoeic — according to Duden, derived from a beckoning call for cats, “mi”, optionally reduplicated as “mi-mi(-mi)”. Compare against Albanian mace (“cat”), French matou (“tomcat”), and Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”).

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