Müll
German, noun
Müll is spelled M-Ü-L-L (4 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Müll is a German masculine noun meaning “rubbish, refuse, waste, junk, trash (US), garbage (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Mull is a different word: “mould, loose earth”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemischte Abfälle, wertlose Abfallmischung”.
What does Müll mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerubbish, refuse, waste, junk, trash (US), garbage (US)
- 2
colloquialmasculinenonsense
noun
- 1
masculinemould, loose earth
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of Maulwurf (“mole”)
- 2
masculineone of various mammals that dig subterranean burrows
noun
- 1
masculinegauze (very thin fabric, generally used for medical purposes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gemischte Abfälle, wertlose Abfallmischung 2. Unsinn
noun: 1. in der Erde lebendes Nagetier 2. für Pflanzen günstigste Humusform
noun: 1. dünnes weitmaschiges Baumwollgewebe für Verbandsstoff, Windeln etc.
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 Müll
- Mulls genitive
- Mulles genitive
- Mulle dative singular
- Mullen dative definite plural
- Mülles genitive
- Mülls genitive
- Mülle dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Müll
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Müll in German?
Müll appears 26 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).