Müller

See also: muller, Muller, and Mueller

English

Proper noun

Müller (plural Müllers)

1. Alternative form of Muller.

Derived terms

• Müllerian

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Müller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪlɛr]

Proper noun

Müller m anim (female equivalent Müllerová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Müller (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Müller	Müllerové
genitive	Müllera	Müllerů
dative	Müllerovi	Müllerům
accusative	Müllera	Müllery
vocative	Müllere	Müllerové
locative	Müllerovi	Müllerech
instrumental	Müllerem	Müllery

Further reading

• “Müller”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mülnære, from Old High German mulināri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏlɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Müller m (strong, genitive Müllers, plural Müller, diminutive Müllerchen n or Müllerlein n, feminine Müllerin)

1. miller

Declension

Declension of Müller [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Müller	die	Müller
genitive	eines	des	Müllers	der	Müller
dative	einem	dem	Müller	den	Müllern
accusative	einen	den	Müller	die	Müller

Proper noun

Distribution of the surname Müller in Germany

Müller m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Müllers or (with an article) Müller, feminine genitive Müller, plural Müllers or Müller)

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Müller [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Müller	(eine)	(die)	Müller	(die)	Müllers, Müller
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Müllers, Müller1	(einer)	(der)	Müller	(der)	Müllers, Müller
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Müller	(einer)	(der)	Müller	(den)	Müllers, Müller
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Müller	(eine)	(die)	Müller	(die)	Müllers, Müller

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Müller” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Müller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmylːɛr]
• Hyphenation: Mül‧ler
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

Müller

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Müller	Müllerek
accusative	Müllert	Müllereket
dative	Müllernek	Müllereknek
instrumental	Müllerrel	Müllerekkel
causal-final	Müllerért	Müllerekért
translative	Müllerré	Müllerekké
terminative	Müllerig	Müllerekig
essive-formal	Müllerként	Müllerekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Müllerben	Müllerekben
superessive	Mülleren	Müllereken
adessive	Müllernél	Müllereknél
illative	Müllerbe	Müllerekbe
sublative	Müllerre	Müllerekre
allative	Müllerhez	Müllerekhez
elative	Müllerből	Müllerekből
delative	Müllerről	Müllerekről
ablative	Müllertől	Müllerektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Mülleré	Müllereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Mülleréi	Müllerekéi

Possessive forms of Müller

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Müllerem	Müllerjeim
2nd person sing.	Müllered	Müllerjeid
3rd person sing.	Müllerje	Müllerjei
1st person plural	Müllerünk	Müllerjeink
2nd person plural	Mülleretek	Müllerjeitek
3rd person plural	Müllerjük	Müllerjeik

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Müller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ilɛr
• Syllabification: Mü‧ller
• Homophones: miler, Miler, Miller

Proper noun

Müller m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Müller

	singular	plural
nominative	Müller	Müllerowie
genitive	Müllera	Müllerów
dative	Müllerowi	Müllerom
accusative	Müllera	Müllerów
instrumental	Müllerem	Müllerami
locative	Müllerze	Müllerach
vocative	Müllerze	Müllerowie

Proper noun

Müller f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• Müller in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Müller”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mylʎer/, (high register) [ˈmylʎer], (common) [ˈmylːer]
• Rhymes: -ylʎer
• Hyphenation: Mül‧ler

Proper noun

Müller m pers (female equivalent Müllerová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Müller
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Müller	Müllerovia	Müllerovci
genitive	Müllera	Müllerov	Müllerovcov
dative	Müllerovi	Müllerom	Müllerovcom
accusative	Müllera	Müllerov	Müllerovcov
locative	Müllerovi	Mülleroch	Müllerovcoch
instrumental	Müllerom	Müllermi	Müllerovcami

Further reading

• “Müller”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026