schmieriger

[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ]

/[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“schmieriger” is uncommon German (frequency #89,532 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,532
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmieriger · schmieriger · German

schmieriger · rank #89,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,532
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmerzlicher

Nearest frequency peer: schmerzlicher (-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 „schmieriger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schmieriger
PropertyValue
Headwordschmieriger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,532
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schmieriger“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmerzlicher“ (#89,531), „schnappten“ (#89,533), „Schmelzwasser“ (#89,530). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmieriger“ bei #89,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schmieriger is uncommon German at frequency #89,532 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schmieriger, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schmieriger, spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum 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 "schmieriger"?
"schmieriger" is spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ].
What does "schmieriger" mean?
As an adjective, "schmieriger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmierig
How do you pronounce "schmieriger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmieriger" is [ˈʃmiːʁɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schmieriger" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schlenderte#89,528schleimigen#89,527Schirmmütze#89,525Schutzbrief#89,539

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list