Muff
German, noun
Muff is spelled M-U-F-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muff is a German masculine noun meaning “muff (piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, muff is a different word: “singular imperative of muffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Hülle aus Pelz oder gefüttertem Stoff zum Wärmen oder Warmhalten der Hände”.
What does Muff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuff (piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm)
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinestench, mouldy smell
Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren
verb
- 1
singular imperative of muffen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of muffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Hülle aus Pelz oder gefüttertem Stoff zum Wärmen oder Warmhalten der Hände
noun: 1. besonders unangenehmer, modriger Geruch
adjective: 1. mit schlechter Laune, in mieser Stimmung und unfreundlich
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 Muff
- Muffes genitive
- Muffs genitive
- Muffe plural
- Muffen dative definite plural
- Müffchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Muff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Muff in German?
Muff appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).