muffig
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmʊfɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈmʊfɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: muf‧fig
Adjective
[edit]muffig (strong nominative masculine singular muffiger, comparative muffiger, superlative am muffigsten)
- (generally) smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
- (of a room, furniture) uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
- (of a person) grumpy, unfriendly
- (figurative) old-fashioned, reactionary
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of muffig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
Superlative forms of muffig