maulfaul
German, adjective/ˈmaʊ̯lˌfaʊ̯l/
maulfaul is spelled M-A-U-L-F-A-U-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maulfaul is a German adjective meaning “taciturn, uncommunicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wenig und ungern redend”.
What does maulfaul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
taciturn, uncommunicative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wenig und ungern redend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maulfaul
- maulfauler masculine nominative singular
- am maulfaulsten superlative
- maulfaule feminine nominative singular
- maulfaules neuter nominative singular
- maulfaulen genitive masculine singular
- maulfaulem dative masculine singular
- der maulfaule definite includes-article masculine
- die maulfaule definite feminine includes-article
- das maulfaule definite includes-article neuter
- die maulfaulen definite includes-article nominative
- des maulfaulen definite genitive includes-article
- der maulfaulen definite feminine genitive
- dem maulfaulen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maulfaul?
- /ˈmaʊ̯lˌfaʊ̯l/
- [ˈmaʊ̯lˌfaʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maulfaul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maulfaul in German?
maulfaul appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).