Muckefuck

German

Etymology

From Central Franconian Mucken (“brown earth”) + fuck (“foul, decayed”).

A popular etymology derives the term from the French phrase moka faux (“false mocha”) but there is little to no evidence to support this explanation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊkəfʊk/

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• Hyphenation: Mu‧cke‧fuck; pre-1996: Muk‧ke‧fuck

Noun

Muckefuck m (strong, genitive Muckefucks, no plural)

1. coffee substitute, ersatz coffee

   Synonym: Kaffee-Ersatz

2. thin coffee

   Synonym: Blümchenkaffee

Declension

Declension of Muckefuck [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Muckefuck
genitive	eines	des	Muckefucks
dative	einem	dem	Muckefuck
accusative	einen	den	Muckefuck

Further reading

• “Muckefuck” in Duden online
• “Muckefuck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmukəfuk]

Noun

Muckefuck m (plural Muckefucken)

1. (slang) dishwater (unpleasant coffee)
2. (slang) coffee substitute, ersatz coffee

Synonyms

• Eileseech
• Schlutchen
• Spullwaasser