mierf
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German mürwe, from Old High German muruwi. Cognate with German mürbe, Dutch murw.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mierf (masculine mierwen, neuter mierft, comparative méi mierf, superlative am mierfsten)
- (of food) mellow, soft
- (especially: of fruit) overripe, mushy
- (of ground) crumbly
- (colloquial) dotty, batty, crazy
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass mierf | si ass mierf | et ass mierf | si si(nn) mierf | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | mierwen | mierf | mierft | mierf |
| independent without determiner | mierwes | mierwer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | mierwen | mierwer | mierwen | mierwen |
| as first declined word | mierwem | mierwem | |||
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- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish adjectives
- Luxembourgish colloquialisms