muffig
German, adjective/ˈmʊfɪç/
muffig is spelled M-U-F-F-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muffig is a German adjective meaning “smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach abgestandener Luft, nach Muff, Moder riechend”.
What does muffig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
- 2
uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
- 3
grumpy, unfriendly
- 4
old-fashioned, reactionary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach abgestandener Luft, nach Muff, Moder riechend
adjective: 1. schlecht gelaunt, 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 muffig
- muffiger masculine nominative singular
- am muffigsten superlative
- muffige feminine nominative singular
- muffiges neuter nominative singular
- muffigen genitive masculine singular
- muffigem dative masculine singular
- der muffige definite includes-article masculine
- die muffige definite feminine includes-article
- das muffige definite includes-article neuter
- die muffigen definite includes-article nominative
- des muffigen definite genitive includes-article
- der muffigen definite feminine genitive
- dem muffigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muffig?
- /ˈmʊfɪç/
- /ˈmʊfɪk/
- [ˈmʊfɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muffig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muffig in German?
muffig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).