Dreckspatz
German, noun/ˈdʁɛkˌʃpat͡s/
Dreckspatz is spelled D-R-E-C-K-S-P-A-T-Z (10 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreckspatz is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Schmutzfink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch, der auf Sauberkeit keinen allzu großen Wert legt”.
What does Dreckspatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinesynonym of Schmutzfink
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensch, der auf Sauberkeit keinen allzu großen Wert legt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dreckspatz
- Dreckspatzes genitive
- Dreckspatzen genitive
- Dreckspatze dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreckspatz?
- /ˈdʁɛkˌʃpat͡s/
- [ˈdʁɛkˌʃpat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreckspatz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreckspatz in German?
Dreckspatz appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).