noun
muesli, granola
B1
Müsli (das) means muesli or granola: a cereal mixture of oats, nuts and fruit eaten for breakfast. Neuter noun; plural die Müslis when countable (packages/servings), often used as uncountable food. Regular declension. Common collocations: Müsli essen, Müsli mit Milch, and variants like Bircher-Müsli.
Examples
Ein Müsli mit Joghurt und Obst ist ein gesundes Frühstück.
Muesli with yogurt and fruit is a healthy breakfast.
Die Gäste aßen mehr Müsli, als der Koch Hafer hinzufügte, weil es besser schmeckte.
The guests ate more muesli when the cook added oats because it tasted better.
Zum Frühstück esse ich Müsli mit Nüssen.
I have granola with nuts for breakfast.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a clear bowl of oats, fruit and nuts labeled 'MÜSLI' on the breakfast table.
Sounds like 'moose-lee' — imagine a moose named Lee eating cereal.
Think of a neutral gray bowl (neither masculine nor feminine) — use 'das' for the bowl of Müsli: 'das Müsli'.
Notes
Müsli is a neuter German word referring to a cold cereal mix (often oats, fruit, nuts). In everyday usage it can cover what English speakers call muesli or granola. Plural is commonly 'Müslis'.