Murgang
German, noun[ˈmuːɐ̯ɡaŋ]
Murgang is spelled M-U-R-G-A-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murgang is a German masculine noun meaning “mudflow, mudslide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erdrutsch, bei dem ein Strom aus Schlamm und gröberem Gesteinsmaterial im Gebirge schnell talwärts fließt”.
What does Murgang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemudflow, mudslide
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erdrutsch, bei dem ein Strom aus Schlamm und gröberem Gesteinsmaterial im Gebirge schnell talwärts fließt
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 Murgang
- Murganges genitive
- Murgangs genitive
- Murgänge plural
- Murgange dative singular
- Murgängen dative definite plural
- Murengang variant rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Murgang?
- [ˈmuːɐ̯ɡaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Murgang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Murgang in German?
Murgang appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).