: a breakfast cereal of Swiss origin consisting of rolled oats, nuts, and fruit
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This traditional muesli is far different from the muesli sometimes found in the US, which is more of a dry cereal-granola hybrid.—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 My go-to parfait is this yogurt, topped with muesli or granola, apple butter, and a quick dollop of maple syrup.—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026 Breakfast is a huge spread of mueslis, cured meats, cheeses, South Tyrol fruit, cakes, bread, and even multiple local honeys.—Grainne McBride, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 There’s a proper breakfast back at the lodge, with a choice of lighter bites like fresh fruit, chia seed pudding, and muesli, or something more substantial, such as eggs Florentine.—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muesli
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Etymology
borrowed from Swiss German Müesli, diminutive of Mues "soft food, mush, pulp," going back to Old High German muos, going back to West Germanic *mōsa- "food, soft food" (whence Old Saxon, Old English & Old Frisian mōs "food, prepared food"), probably from *mōt-, lengthened grade derivative of *mati- "food" + a suffixal -t- — more at meat