Noun
die Mühe
Pronunciation: /ˈmyːə/
effort, difficulty
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plural Mühen
Meanings
Noun
- effort, difficulty
Example sentence
Warum mache ich mir überhaupt die Mühe?
Why do I even bother?
Word forms
singular
die Mühe
plural
die Mühen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Mühe
Accusativedie Mühe
Dativeder Mühe
Genitiveder Mühe
Plural
Nominativedie Mühen
Accusativedie Mühen
Dativeden Mühen
Genitiveder Mühen
Usage
- sich Mühe geben — The reflexive pronoun is dative: ich gebe mir Mühe.
- mit Mühe — This expression means with difficulty.
Sie gibt sich viel Mühe, die Namen richtig auszusprechen.
She makes a great effort to pronounce the names correctly.