Muffel
[ˈmʊfl̩]
The verdict
“Muffel” is uncommon German (frequency #71,639 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,639
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der mürrisch, unfreundlich, ungesprächig, verdrießlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-muffel · Muffel · German
Muffel · rank #71,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,639
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH MRSA
Nearest frequency peer: MRSA (-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 „Muffel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Motette
Motette
28,365 corpus weight
- MPG
MPG
28,364 corpus weight
- MRSA
MRSA
28,363 corpus weight
- Muffel
Muffel
28,362 corpus weight
- Multiplikat…
Multiplikator
28,361 corpus weight
- Musikstil
Musikstil
28,360 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Muffel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Muffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊfl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muffel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muffel is uncommon German at frequency #71,639 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Muffel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Muffel, spelled M-U-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mürrisch, unfreundlich, ungesprächig, verdrießlich ist
- 2jemand, der etwas (aus Abneigung, Desinteresse, Gleichgültigkeit) gar nicht oder nur ungern tut
- 3(bei Wiederkäuern) Maul samt dem Bereich um die Nasenlöcher
- 4unbehaarter, eine Felderung aufweisender, durch die Schleimhaut gebildeter Bereich um die Nasenlöcher mancher Großsäuger
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Muffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So wird der Vater gern als herrischer Muffel porträtiert, der mit dem Fuß das TV-Gerät einschaltet, breitbeinig davorsitzt und nach Bier brüllt.“
„Er ist ewig unzufrieden, ein Muffel, Brausekopf und Tagträumer.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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