mürbe
German, adjective/ˈmʏʁbə/
mürbe is spelled M-Ü-R-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mürbe is a German adjective meaning “tender (as meat), mushy (as fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Zerbröseln nahe”.
What does mürbe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tender (as meat), mushy (as fruit)
- 2
crumbly, about to crumble; short (as a pastry)
- 3
worn-out, fatigued, exhausted
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem Zerbröseln nahe 2. weich (besonders bei Lebensmitteln) 3. nach großer Anstrengung ohne Elan, kraftlos
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 mürbe
- mürber masculine nominative singular
- am mürbsten superlative
- mürbes neuter nominative singular
- mürben genitive masculine singular
- mürbem dative masculine singular
- der mürbe definite includes-article masculine
- die mürbe definite feminine includes-article
- das mürbe definite includes-article neuter
- die mürben definite includes-article nominative
- des mürben definite genitive includes-article
- der mürben definite feminine genitive
- dem mürben dative definite includes-article
- den mürben dative definite includes-article
- mürb variant Austrian German
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mürbe?
- /ˈmʏʁbə/
- [ˈmʏʁbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mürbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mürbe in German?
mürbe appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).