schmierige

[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə]

/[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schmierige” is uncommon German (frequency #70,775 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,775
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmierige · schmierige · German

schmierige · rank #70,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,775
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmerzlichen

Nearest frequency peer: schmerzlichen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schmierige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmierige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schmierige
PropertyValue
Headwordschmierige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,775
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schmierige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schmierigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmerzlichen“ (#70,774), „schmalem“ (#70,773), „Schnittmengen“ (#70,777). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmierige“ bei #70,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schmierige is uncommon German at frequency #70,775 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schmierige, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schmierige, spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schmierige"?
"schmierige" is spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə].
What does "schmierige" mean?
As an adjective, "schmierige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
How do you pronounce "schmierige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmierige" is [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schmierige" come from?
"schmierige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schmierige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list