"Muff" meaning in German

See Muff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mʊf/ Audio: De-Muff.ogg
Etymology: From older Muffel, from Dutch muffel, from Old French moufle, Medieval Latin muffula. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|nl|muffel}} Dutch muffel, {{der|de|fro|moufle}} Old French moufle, {{der|de|ML.|muffula}} Medieval Latin muffula Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Muff m (strong, genitive Muffes or Muffs, plural Muffe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Muffes [genitive], Muffs [genitive], Muffe [plural], strong [table-tags], Muff [nominative, singular], Muffe [definite, nominative, plural], Muffes [genitive, singular], Muffs [genitive, singular], Muffe [definite, genitive, plural], Muff [dative, singular], Muffe [dative, singular], Muffen [dative, definite, plural], Muff [accusative, singular], Muffe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. muff (piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Muff-de-noun-2Q5npv7b Categories (other): German back-formations Disambiguation of German back-formations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mʊf/ Audio: De-Muff.ogg
Etymology: Back-formation from muffen. Etymology templates: {{back-form|de|muffen}} Back-formation from muffen Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Muff m (strong, genitive Muffes or Muffs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Muffes [genitive], Muffs [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Muff [nominative, singular], Muffes [genitive, singular], Muffs [genitive, singular], Muff [dative, singular], Muffe [dative, singular], Muff [accusative, singular]
  1. (colloquial, chiefly Northern Germany) stench, mouldy smell Tags: Northern-Germany, colloquial, masculine, no-plural, strong Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms: Gestank, Mief
    Sense id: en-Muff-de-noun-O7WYZY-0 Disambiguation of Smell: 7 93 Categories (other): Northern German, German back-formations, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German back-formations: 47 53 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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