mau

Pronunciation: /maʊ̯/

unwell, queasy, poorly, ill

C1 rank #8,032

Meanings

Adjective

unwell, queasy, poorly, ill
disappointing, bad, meagre (below expectations, either in quantity or quality, though typically not catastrophic)

Adverb

Ich fühle mich mau.

I feel queasy.

sich mau fühlen — feel unwell or queasy; colloquial
eine maue Ausbeute — a meagre yield or disappointing result; a separate evaluative sense

Extra sentence

Nach der langen Busfahrt fühlte sie sich ziemlich mau.

After the long bus journey, she felt rather queasy.