Polyglot Dictionary

Müll

/mʏl/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. rubbish, waste

    • Bring bitte den Müll raus.

      Please take out the rubbish.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Abfall

Abfall is the broader word — waste or scraps from any process, and figuratively a decline; Müll is everyday household rubbish, the word for what goes in the bin.

Similar in other languages

French

sac-poubelle

Close, figuratively — rubbish, waste relates to a trash bag.

Practice

1 What does Müll mean?

2 Fill the gap: Bring bitte den ___ raus.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Müll?

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