"Mühe" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmyːə/ Audio: De-Mühe.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German müeje, müe, from Old High German muohī, from the root of the verb mühen (“to toil”). Cognate with Hunsrik Mih. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|müeje, müe}} Middle High German müeje, müe, {{inh|de|goh|muohī}} Old High German muohī, {{m|de|mühen|t=to toil}} mühen (“to toil”), {{cog|hrx|Mih}} Hunsrik Mih Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Mühe f (genitive Mühe, plural Mühen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Mühe [genitive], Mühen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mühe [nominative, singular], Mühen [definite, nominative, plural], Mühe [genitive, singular], Mühen [definite, genitive, plural], Mühe [dative, singular], Mühen [dative, definite, plural], Mühe [accusative, singular], Mühen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. effort, difficulty Tags: feminine Derived forms: mühelos, mühevoll, mühsam, mühselig, sich Mühe geben
    Sense id: en-Mühe-de-noun-8-ZnL4SH Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "english": "He smiled or rather wanted to smile, because suddenly he felt his lips twitching, tears rose to his eyes, and only with difficulty he could hold onto himself so as not to give a loud sob.",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36",
          "text": "Er lächelte oder wollte vielmehr lächeln, denn plötzlich fühlte er seine Lippen zucken, Tränen stiegen ihm in die Augen, und er konnte sich eben noch mit Mühe zurückhalten, laut aufzuschluchzen.",
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          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36",
          "text": "Er lächelte oder wollte vielmehr lächeln, denn plötzlich fühlte er seine Lippen zucken, Tränen stiegen ihm in die Augen, und er konnte sich eben noch mit Mühe zurückhalten, laut aufzuschluchzen.",
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