Masculine
Müll
Meaning
- (masculine, no-plural, strong) rubbish, refuse, waste, junk, trash (US), garbage (US)
- (colloquial, masculine, no-plural, strong) nonsense
Concepts
Synonyms
Krusch
Hausabfall
Hausmüll
Restmenge
Plörren
Grusch
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mʏl/
Etymology
In summary
An originally Central and Low German word from Middle Low German mül (“dust”) and Middle High German mülle, from Old High German mulli (“waste, rubbish”), a nominal formation from mullen (“to crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush”) (DWDS).
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