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

Related terms

• Muff
• Muffel
• muffelig
• Much
• muchelig