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

weich

brüchig

bröckelig

zärtlich

morsch

sanft

hinfällig

knusprig

kraftlos

kränklich

krümlig

labil

reif

Säugling

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Säuglinge

schlapp

schwach

schwächlich

spröde

verfault

zerbrechlich

bröcklig

krümelig

blättrig

knuspirg

bröselig

dünn

einträglich

ergiebig

fragil

gebrechlich

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

muurb

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʏʁbə/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German: murwi

Cognate with English: mellow

Cognate with 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.