muffig

German

Etymology

The senses "smelly" and "grumpy" go back to different origins. The former pertains to Muff (“bad smell”) from Middle Low German muffen; the latter to Muffel (“grumpy person”), which is an Upper German dialect word of unknown origin. In contemporary German both senses often overlap (see below). It is therefore impossible to treat them as separate words anymore. Compare the same mixture of roots in muffelig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊfɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊfɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: muf‧fig

Adjective

muffig (strong nominative masculine singular muffiger, comparative muffiger, superlative am muffigsten)

  1. (generally) smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
  2. (of a room, furniture) uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
  3. (of a person) grumpy, unfriendly
  4. (figurative) old-fashioned, reactionary

Declension
Positive forms of muffig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist muffig sie ist muffig es ist muffig sie sind muffig
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative muffiger muffige muffiges muffige
genitive muffigen muffiger muffigen muffiger
dative muffigem muffiger muffigem muffigen
accusative muffigen muffige muffiges muffige
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der muffige die muffige das muffige die muffigen
genitive des muffigen der muffigen des muffigen der muffigen
dative dem muffigen der muffigen dem muffigen den muffigen
accusative den muffigen die muffige das muffige die muffigen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein muffiger eine muffige ein muffiges (keine) muffigen
genitive eines muffigen einer muffigen eines muffigen (keiner) muffigen
dative einem muffigen einer muffigen einem muffigen (keinen) muffigen
accusative einen muffigen eine muffige ein muffiges (keine) muffigen
Comparative forms of muffig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist muffiger sie ist muffiger es ist muffiger sie sind muffiger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative muffigerer muffigere muffigeres muffigere
genitive muffigeren muffigerer muffigeren muffigerer
dative muffigerem muffigerer muffigerem muffigeren
accusative muffigeren muffigere muffigeres muffigere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der muffigere die muffigere das muffigere die muffigeren
genitive des muffigeren der muffigeren des muffigeren der muffigeren
dative dem muffigeren der muffigeren dem muffigeren den muffigeren
accusative den muffigeren die muffigere das muffigere die muffigeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein muffigerer eine muffigere ein muffigeres (keine) muffigeren
genitive eines muffigeren einer muffigeren eines muffigeren (keiner) muffigeren
dative einem muffigeren einer muffigeren einem muffigeren (keinen) muffigeren
accusative einen muffigeren eine muffigere ein muffigeres (keine) muffigeren
Superlative forms of muffig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am muffigsten sie ist am muffigsten es ist am muffigsten sie sind am muffigsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative muffigster muffigste muffigstes muffigste
genitive muffigsten muffigster muffigsten muffigster
dative muffigstem muffigster muffigstem muffigsten
accusative muffigsten muffigste muffigstes muffigste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der muffigste die muffigste das muffigste die muffigsten
genitive des muffigsten der muffigsten des muffigsten der muffigsten
dative dem muffigsten der muffigsten dem muffigsten den muffigsten
accusative den muffigsten die muffigste das muffigste die muffigsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein muffigster eine muffigste ein muffigstes (keine) muffigsten
genitive eines muffigsten einer muffigsten eines muffigsten (keiner) muffigsten
dative einem muffigsten einer muffigsten einem muffigsten (keinen) muffigsten
accusative einen muffigsten eine muffigste ein muffigstes (keine) muffigsten
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