Mief
German, noun/miːf/
Mief is spelled M-I-E-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mief is a German masculine noun meaning “bad-smelling air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlechte, abgestandene, stickige Luft in einem ungelüfteten Raum”.
What does Mief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebad-smelling air
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlechte, abgestandene, stickige Luft in einem ungelüfteten Raum 2. kleinbürgerliche, bedrückende, spießige Atmosphäre
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 Mief
- Miefes genitive
- Miefs genitive
- Miefe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mief?
- /miːf/
- [miːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mief
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mief in German?
Mief appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).