mühselig
German, adjective/ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç/
mühselig is spelled M-Ü-H-S-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mühselig is a German adjective meaning “laborious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voller Mühen, sehr zeitraubend und strapaziös, anstrengend”.
What does mühselig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
laborious
adverb
- 1
laboriously; with much effort
mühselig laufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. voller Mühen, sehr zeitraubend und strapaziös, anstrengend
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 mühselig
- mühseliger masculine nominative singular
- am mühseligsten superlative
- mühselige feminine nominative singular
- mühseliges neuter nominative singular
- mühseligen genitive masculine singular
- mühseligem dative masculine singular
- der mühselige definite includes-article masculine
- die mühselige definite feminine includes-article
- das mühselige definite includes-article neuter
- die mühseligen definite includes-article nominative
- des mühseligen definite genitive includes-article
- der mühseligen definite feminine genitive
- dem mühseligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mühselig?
- /ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç/
- /ˈmyːˌzeːlɪk/
- [ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mühselig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mühselig in German?
mühselig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).