mürrisch

[ˈmʏʁɪʃ]

/[ˈmʏʁɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“mürrisch” is uncommon German (frequency #50,741 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,741
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (vom Gesichtsausdruck) unzufrieden wirkend, eine schlechte Laune habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-murrisch · mürrisch · German

mürrisch · rank #50,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,741
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH müder

Nearest frequency peer: müder (-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 „mürrisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mürrisch
PropertyValue
Headwordmürrisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmʏʁɪʃ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,741
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mürrisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „müder“ (#50,740), „nachbessern“ (#50,742), „Nachlässigkeit“ (#50,743). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mürrisch“ bei #50,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mürrisch is uncommon German at frequency #50,741 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʏʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(vom Gesichtsausdruck) unzufrieden wirkend, eine schlechte Laune habend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mürrisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mürrisch, spelled M-Ü-R-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    (vom Gesichtsausdruck) unzufrieden wirkend, eine schlechte Laune habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Platzanweiser war er zu allen mürrisch – die Leute waren auf ihn angewiesen. Mit dem Alter wurde sie immer mürrischer.
  2. „Daher ist das Verlangen des Paares, sich außerhalb von Wien zu verlustieren, weit weg von dem mürrischen alten Kaiser, nur allzu verständlich.“

Synonyms

griesgrämigmorosschlechtgelauntverdrießlichverdrossenbrummig

Antonyms

heitersanguinischwohlgemut

This word in other languages

grumpy(English)malhumorado(Español)acariâtre(Français)

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 "mürrisch"?
"mürrisch" is spelled M-Ü-R-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʏʁɪʃ].
What does "mürrisch" mean?
As an adjective, "mürrisch" means: (vom Gesichtsausdruck) unzufrieden wirkend, eine schlechte Laune habend
How do you pronounce "mürrisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mürrisch" is [ˈmʏʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mürrisch" come from?
"mürrisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nachtzug#50,745nordisch#50,753mitnehme#50,721mischten#50,716

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list