Masculine

Müll

Meaning

  1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) rubbish, refuse, waste, junk, trash (US), garbage (US)
  2. (colloquial, masculine, no-plural, strong) nonsense

Frequency

B1
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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