murren

murren

See also: Murren and Mürren

English

Noun

murren (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of murrain.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      His Cattel must of Rot and Murren die.

Finnish

Noun

murren

  1. genitive singular of murre

German

Etymology

Of imitative origin. Compare murmeln, Swedish morra.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

murren (weak, third-person singular present murrt, past tense murrte, past participle gemurrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to grumble (to express one's displeasure, especially with a low voice, without explicitly addressing anyone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • murren” in Duden online
  • murren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Swedish

Noun

murren

  1. definite singular of murre