mies
German, adjective/miːs/
mies is spelled M-I-E-S (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mies is a German adjective meaning “mean, wretched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf verdrießlicher, ärgerlicher, ablehnender Art und Weise schlecht; wertlos, elend, übel”.
What does mies mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mean, wretched
ein mieser Kater
- 2
appalling, poor
miese Qualität
adverb
- 1
very, severely, extremely, insanely
Das war doch mies lustig
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf verdrießlicher, ärgerlicher, ablehnender Art und Weise schlecht; wertlos, elend, übel 2. unter dem zu erwartenden Niveau 3. von niederer Gesinnung; gemein, niederträchtig, hinterhältig 4. unwohl, übel, elend
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 mies
- mieser masculine nominative singular
- am miesesten superlative
- miese feminine nominative singular
- mieses neuter nominative singular
- miesen genitive masculine singular
- miesem dative masculine singular
- der miese definite includes-article masculine
- die miese definite feminine includes-article
- das miese definite includes-article neuter
- die miesen definite includes-article nominative
- des miesen definite genitive includes-article
- der miesen definite feminine genitive
- dem miesen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mies?
- /miːs/
- [miːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mies
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mies in German?
mies appears 7.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).