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Müll

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See also: mull, Mull, müll, and múll

German

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Etymology

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An originally Central and Low German word from Middle Low German mül (dust) and Middle High German mülle, from Old High German mulli (waste, rubbish), a nominal formation from mullen (to crush, grind), from Proto-Germanic *muljaną (to crush) (DWDS).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mʏl/
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Noun

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Müll m (strong, genitive Mülles or Mülls, no plural)

  1. rubbish, refuse, waste, junk, trash (US), garbage (US)
  2. (colloquial) nonsense

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Müll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Müll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Müll” in Duden online
  • Müll on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de