schmierig
German, adjective/ˈʃmiːʁɪç/
schmierig is spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmierig is a German adjective meaning “smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feucht klebrig, glatt rutschig”.
What does schmierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue)
- 2
colloquialovertly polite, but with an underlying arrogance and possessiveness; oleaginous; unctuous; smarmy
Ihr Verlobter ist der typische schmierige Bankberater.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feucht klebrig, glatt rutschig 2. glatt, widerlich, unangenehm freundlich 3. unanständig, verfänglich
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 schmierig
- schmieriger masculine nominative singular
- am schmierigsten superlative
- schmierige feminine nominative singular
- schmieriges neuter nominative singular
- schmierigen genitive masculine singular
- schmierigem dative masculine singular
- der schmierige definite includes-article masculine
- die schmierige definite feminine includes-article
- das schmierige definite includes-article neuter
- die schmierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmierigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmierig?
- /ˈʃmiːʁɪç/
- /ˈʃmiːʁɪk/
- [ˈʃmiːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmierig in German?
schmierig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).