muf

See also: MUF

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch muf, from muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœf/

Adjective

muf (attributive muwwe, comparative muwwer, superlative mufste)

1. stale, musty (having lost its freshness)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *muska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“wet”). Cognate with Latvian maût (“to plunge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”).

Adjective

muf (feminine mufe)

1. unripe (of figs)
2. (figurative, derogatory) mentally immature

Derived terms

• mufkë

Dutch

Etymology

From muffen, from Middle Dutch muffen. Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps related to modder (“mud”), based on a supposed original meaning of "moisture."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏf/

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• Hyphenation: muf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Adjective

muf (comparative muffer, superlative mufst)

1. stale, musty (having lost its freshness)

Declension

Declension of muf
uninflected	muf
inflected	muffe
comparative	muffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		muf	muffer	het mufst het mufste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	muffe	muffere	mufste
	n. sing.	muf	muffer	mufste
	plural	muffe	muffere	mufste
definite		muffe	muffere	mufste
partitive		mufs	muffers	—

Derived terms

• mufheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: muf
• → Papiamentu: mùf, muf

Volapük

Etymology

Probably from English move.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muf/

Noun

muf (nominative plural mufs)

1. motion, movement
2. movement, trend
   • 1938, “Pö yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:

     Yel epasetiköl no ebinon bönik pro muf obsik. Meug refudik reiganefa Deutänik tefü yufapüks difik edämükon i Volapükamufi.

     The past year has not been favorable for our movement. The negative attitude of the German government towards the various auxiliary languages ​​has also damaged the Volapük movement.

Related terms

• mufön