mürbe

Meaning

  1. tender (as meat), mushy (as fruit)
  2. crumbly, about to crumble; short (as a pastry)
  3. worn-out, fatigued, exhausted

Concepts

crumbly
mellow
brittle
friable
crisp
mellowly
rotten
short
tender
Synonyms

zart
C2
weich
B2
brüchig
44k
bröckelig
zärtlich
C2
morsch
48k
sanft
B2
hinfällig
33k
knusprig
C2
kraftlos
42k
kränklich
49k

krümlig

labil
C2
reif
C1
Säugling
23k
👶
Säuglinge
49k
schlapp
C2
schwach
B1
schwächlich
48k
spröde
47k
verfault
24k
zerbrechlich
C2

bröcklig

krümelig

blättrig

knuspirg

bröselig
dünn
B2
einträglich
ergiebig
fragil
gebrechlich
47k
Translations

tierno
eskimiş
tendre
yıpranmış
friable
gevrek
fragile
friabile
macero
bros
cansado
😪
mole
blando
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

muurb

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmʏʁbə/
Etymology

Inherited from Old High German
murwi
Cognate with English
English
mellow
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
murw
Cognate with Swedish
mör
In summary

From Old High German murwi, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Akin to English mellow, Dutch murw and Swedish mör.

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