Mief

[miːf]

/[miːf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mief” is uncommon German (frequency #90,631 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,631
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlechte, abgestandene, stickige Luft in einem ungelüfteten Raum

Corpus desk

Index DE-mief · Mief · German

Mief · rank #90,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,631
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mieseste

Nearest frequency peer: mieseste (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mief“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mief“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mief
PropertyValue
HeadwordMief
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miːf]
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mief“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mieffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mieseste“ (#90,632), „mica“ (#90,629), „Mikrofonen“ (#90,633). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mief“ bei #90,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mief is uncommon German at frequency #90,631 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [miːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Mief in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mief, spelled M-I-E-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    schlechte, abgestandene, stickige Luft in einem ungelüfteten Raum
  2. 2
    kleinbürgerliche, bedrückende, spießige Atmosphäre

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mief appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wo früher Mensch und Vieh in Mief und Kälte zusammen hausten, ist heute die Heimat der Häkelgardine und des handgetöpferten Namensschilds, und in den Puppenstuben hinter den kleinen Fenstern möchte man wieder Kind sein bei Tand und Kuchen.
  2. Fünf große Gebläse, die sie zum Schutz gegen den Mief vor ihrem Haus aufgestellt haben, würden die üble Brise nicht abhalten, sagt die Nachbarin.

Synonyms

GestankMuffMuffigkeitKleinbürgertumProvinzialitätSpießbürgertum

Antonyms

AromaDuftDuftigkeitOdeurUrbanitätWeltoffenheit

This word in other languages

fug(English)mal olor(Español)odeur de renfermé(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mief"?
"Mief" is spelled M-I-E-F. The IPA pronunciation is [miːf].
What does "Mief" mean?
As a noun, "Mief" means: schlechte, abgestandene, stickige Luft in einem ungelüfteten Raum
How do you pronounce "Mief"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mief" is [miːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mief" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mief", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mica#90,629melt#90,621maur#90,613NaCl#90,670

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list