Schmus
[ʃmuːs]
The verdict
“Schmus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit vielen (überflüssigen) Worten verbundenes Gehabe
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmus · Schmus · German
Schmus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃmuːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃmuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schmus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schmus, spelled S-C-H-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1mit vielen (überflüssigen) Worten verbundenes Gehabe
- 2Schmeichlerei
- 3unnötiges, sinnloses Reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Anfang war der Spott. Sozialromantischer Schmus, urteilten deutsche Firmenchefs noch vor wenigen Jahren über das Schlagwort von der "Work-Life-Balance": Von amerikanischen Unternehmern lernen, das heißt noch lange nicht erfolgreich sein.“
„Die Dame Tschen nahm seinen ölglatt hervorgebrachten Schmus für bare Münze und nahm ihn dankbar und wohlwollend zur Kenntnis.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.