muffig
(Engels)
- smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
- uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
- grumpy, unfriendly
- (figuratively) old-fashioned, reactionary
Frequentie
Dialecten
Basel-Landschaft
niechtelig
Basel-Landschaft
verhoggt
Gegevens verstrekt door: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmʊfɪç/
Etymologie (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.
moderig
übel riechend
mefitisch
mephitisch
stockig
miefig
verpestend
ausgepumpt
unzuträglich
verschnarcht
vermufft
wie Laternenpfahl ganz unten
hinterm Mond
kahmig
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