schmuddelig
German, adjective/ˈʃmʊdəlɪç/
schmuddelig is spelled S-C-H-M-U-D-D-E-L-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmuddelig is a German adjective meaning “smudgy (soiled, especially with fat residue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Schmuddel behaftet”.
What does schmuddelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smudgy (soiled, especially with fat residue)
- 2
wet and cold
- 3
mucky, pornographic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Schmuddel behaftet
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 schmuddelig
- schmuddeliger masculine nominative singular
- am schmuddeligsten superlative
- schmuddelige feminine nominative singular
- schmuddeliges neuter nominative singular
- schmuddeligen genitive masculine singular
- schmuddeligem dative masculine singular
- der schmuddelige definite includes-article masculine
- die schmuddelige definite feminine includes-article
- das schmuddelige definite includes-article neuter
- die schmuddeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmuddeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmuddeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmuddeligen dative definite includes-article
- schmuddlig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmuddelig?
- /ˈʃmʊdəlɪç/
- [ˈʃmʊdəlɪç]
- [ˈʃmʊdəlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmuddelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmuddelig in German?
schmuddelig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).