Miesepeter
German, noun/ˈmiːzəˌpeːtɐ/
Miesepeter is spelled M-I-E-S-E-P-E-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miesepeter is a German masculine noun meaning “curmudgeon (ill-tempered person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Vieles schlecht findet oder macht”.
What does Miesepeter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurmudgeon (ill-tempered person)
- 2
masculinewhinger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Vieles schlecht findet oder macht
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 Miesepeter
- Miesepeters genitive
- Miesepetern dative definite plural
- Miesepitter variant regional
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Miesepeter?
- /ˈmiːzəˌpeːtɐ/
- [ˈmiːzəˌpeːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Miesepeter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Miesepeter in German?
Miesepeter 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).