muffig
German
Etymology
The senses “smelly” and “grumpy” go back to different origins. The former pertains to Muff (“bad smell”) from Middle Low German muffen; the latter to Muffel (“grumpy person”), which is an Upper German dialect word of unknown origin. In contemporary German both senses often overlap (see below). It is therefore impossible to treat them as separate words anymore. Compare the same mixture of roots in muffelig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʊfɪç/
Adjective
muffig (comparative muffiger, superlative am muffigsten)
- (generally) smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
- (of a room, furniture) uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
- (of a person) grumpy, unfriendly
- (figuratively) old-fashioned, reactionary
Declension
Positive forms of muffig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist muffig | sie ist muffig | es ist muffig | sie sind muffig | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | muffiger | muffige | muffiges | muffige |
| genitive | muffigen | muffiger | muffigen | muffiger | |
| dative | muffigem | muffiger | muffigem | muffigen | |
| accusative | muffigen | muffige | muffiges | muffige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der muffige | die muffige | das muffige | die muffigen |
| genitive | des muffigen | der muffigen | des muffigen | der muffigen | |
| dative | dem muffigen | der muffigen | dem muffigen | den muffigen | |
| accusative | den muffigen | die muffige | das muffige | die muffigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein muffiger | eine muffige | ein muffiges | (keine) muffigen |
| genitive | eines muffigen | einer muffigen | eines muffigen | (keiner) muffigen | |
| dative | einem muffigen | einer muffigen | einem muffigen | (keinen) muffigen | |
| accusative | einen muffigen | eine muffige | ein muffiges | (keine) muffigen | |
Comparative forms of muffig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist muffiger | sie ist muffiger | es ist muffiger | sie sind muffiger | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | muffigerer | muffigere | muffigeres | muffigere |
| genitive | muffigeren | muffigerer | muffigeren | muffigerer | |
| dative | muffigerem | muffigerer | muffigerem | muffigeren | |
| accusative | muffigeren | muffigere | muffigeres | muffigere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der muffigere | die muffigere | das muffigere | die muffigeren |
| genitive | des muffigeren | der muffigeren | des muffigeren | der muffigeren | |
| dative | dem muffigeren | der muffigeren | dem muffigeren | den muffigeren | |
| accusative | den muffigeren | die muffigere | das muffigere | die muffigeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein muffigerer | eine muffigere | ein muffigeres | (keine) muffigeren |
| genitive | eines muffigeren | einer muffigeren | eines muffigeren | (keiner) muffigeren | |
| dative | einem muffigeren | einer muffigeren | einem muffigeren | (keinen) muffigeren | |
| accusative | einen muffigeren | eine muffigere | ein muffigeres | (keine) muffigeren | |
Superlative forms of muffig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am muffigsten | sie ist am muffigsten | es ist am muffigsten | sie sind am muffigsten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | muffigster | muffigste | muffigstes | muffigste |
| genitive | muffigsten | muffigster | muffigsten | muffigster | |
| dative | muffigstem | muffigster | muffigstem | muffigsten | |
| accusative | muffigsten | muffigste | muffigstes | muffigste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der muffigste | die muffigste | das muffigste | die muffigsten |
| genitive | des muffigsten | der muffigsten | des muffigsten | der muffigsten | |
| dative | dem muffigsten | der muffigsten | dem muffigsten | den muffigsten | |
| accusative | den muffigsten | die muffigste | das muffigste | die muffigsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein muffigster | eine muffigste | ein muffigstes | (keine) muffigsten |
| genitive | eines muffigsten | einer muffigsten | eines muffigsten | (keiner) muffigsten | |
| dative | einem muffigsten | einer muffigsten | einem muffigsten | (keinen) muffigsten | |
| accusative | einen muffigsten | eine muffigste | ein muffigstes | (keine) muffigsten | |
Related terms
- Muff
- Muffel
- muffelig