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dumpfig

stuffy, musty and close (of air)

adjective DUMP-fikh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Usage Note

Dumpfig describes air that is heavy, musty, and close — more literary and precise than muffig. Dumpfige Kellerluft or ein dumpfig riechender Raum evokes the atmosphere of a closed, unventilated space.

Examples

"In der dumpfigen Bibliothek roch es nach altem Papier und Staub."

Natural Translation

In the stuffy library it smelled of old paper and dust.

Literal Translation

In the musty-close library it smelled after old paper and dust.

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