muffig

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
  2. uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
  3. grumpy, unfriendly
  4. (figuratively) old-fashioned, reactionary

Frekwensie

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Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

niechtelig

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

verhoggt

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈmʊfɪç/
Etimologie (Engels)

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.

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