mürbe

[ˈmʏʁbə]

/[ˈmʏʁbə]/ adj

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The verdict

“mürbe” is uncommon German (frequency #66,515 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,515
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Zerbröseln nahe

Corpus desk

Index DE-murbe · mürbe · German

mürbe · rank #66,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,515
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Müllsack

Nearest frequency peer: Müllsack (-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 „mürbe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mürbe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mürbe
PropertyValue
Headwordmürbe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmʏʁbə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,515
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mürbe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).mürbefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Müllsack“ (#66,514), „Mühlenbach“ (#66,513), „Mundhöhle“ (#66,512). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mürbe“ bei #66,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mürbe is uncommon German at frequency #66,515 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʏʁbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mürbe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 mürbe, spelled M-Ü-R-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    dem Zerbröseln nahe
  2. 2
    weich (besonders bei Lebensmitteln)
  3. 3
    nach großer Anstrengung ohne Elan, kraftlos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mürbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durch die permanente Sonneneinstrahlung ist der Stoff der Markise über die Jahre mürbe geworden.
  2. Nach ein paar Tagen sind die Kekse schön mürbe.

Synonyms

bröseligbrüchigverwittertdemoralisiertwiderstandsloszermürbt

Antonyms

knusprigknackig

This word in other languages

crumbly(English)tierno(Español)friable(Français)mole(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mürbe"?
"mürbe" is spelled M-Ü-R-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʏʁbə].
What does "mürbe" mean?
As an adjective, "mürbe" means: dem Zerbröseln nahe
How do you pronounce "mürbe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mürbe" is [ˈmʏʁbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mürbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

morel#66,507mondo#66,505nicks#66,538niest#66,540

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list