muggen

See also: Müggen

English

Etymology

From mug +‎ -en (“made of, consisting of”).

Adjective

muggen (comparative more muggen, superlative most muggen)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) Made of earthenware in contradistinction to china, metal, wood, etc.
    a muggen teapot

Danish

Etymology 1

From mug (“mold”) +‎ -en (“-y”).

Adjective

muggen (neuter muggent, plural and definite singular attributive mugne)

  1. moldy, covered with mold
    Synonym: skimlet
  2. (figurative) suspicious, doubtful
    Synonym: ulden
  3. cranky, irritable
    Synonyms: gnaven, mopset
Inflection
Inflection of muggen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular muggen mere muggen mest muggen2
indefinite neuter singular muggent mere muggen mest muggen2
plural mugne mere muggen mest muggen2
definite attributive1 mugne mere muggen mest mugne

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

muggen m

  1. definite singular of mug

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏɣən

Noun

muggen

  1. plural of mug

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From mugg (“mold”) +‎ -en (“-y”).

Adjective

muggen (masculine and feminine muggen, neuter muggent, definite singular and plural mugne)

  1. moldy, covered with mold
  2. (figurative) suspicious
  3. cranky

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

muggen m

  1. definite singular of mugg
  2. definite singular of mugge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From mugg (“mold”) +‎ -en (“-y”).

Adjective

muggen (neuter mugge, definite singular and plural mugne)

  1. moldy, covered with mold
  2. (figurative) suspicious
  3. cranky
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

muggen m

  1. definite singular of mugg

References

Swedish

Noun

muggen

  1. definite singular of mugg
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