Mief in German

IPA: /miːf/ Audio: De-Mief.ogg

[Germany, Berlin] Forms: Miefes [genitive], Miefs [genitive] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Spread since around 1900 from Berlin. Probably a phonetic variant of earlier Muff (“stench, mouldy smell, mustiness, mold”). Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Mief m (strong, genitive Miefes or Miefs, no plural)

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{
  "etymology_text": "Spread since around 1900 from Berlin. Probably a phonetic variant of earlier Muff (“stench, mouldy smell, mustiness, mold”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Miefes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Miefs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Mief m (strong, genitive Miefes or Miefs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Kellermief"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kleinstadtmief"
        },
        {
          "word": "miefen"
        },
        {
          "word": "miefig"
        },
        {
          "word": "Miefquirl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Provinzmief"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad-smelling air"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mief-de-noun-RpV4nCy0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miːf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mief.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/De-Mief.ogg/De-Mief.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/De-Mief.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mief"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Kellermief"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kleinstadtmief"
    },
    {
      "word": "miefen"
    },
    {
      "word": "miefig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Miefquirl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Provinzmief"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Spread since around 1900 from Berlin. Probably a phonetic variant of earlier Muff (“stench, mouldy smell, mustiness, mold”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Miefes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Miefs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Mief m (strong, genitive Miefes or Miefs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad-smelling air"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miːf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mief.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/De-Mief.ogg/De-Mief.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/De-Mief.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mief"
}

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"Mief" meaning in German

Noun