Mief

Mief

German

Etymology

Spread since around 1900 from Berlin. Probably a phonetic variant of earlier Muff (“stench, mouldy smell, mustiness, mold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːf/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Mief m (strong, genitive Miefes or Miefs, no plural)

  1. bad-smelling air

Derived terms

  • Kellermief
  • Kleinstadtmief
  • miefen
  • miefig
  • Miefquirl
  • Provinzmief

Further reading

  • “Mief”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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