schmusen
German, verb/ˈʃmuːzən/
schmusen is spelled S-C-H-M-U-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmusen is a German verb meaning “to cuddle, fondle, canoodle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich an jemanden zärtlich anschmiegen”.
What does schmusen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cuddle, fondle, canoodle
- 2
Austriainformalto kiss passionately; to neck; to make out; to smooch
- 3
archaicto flirt, flatter
- 4
archaicto schmooze (to talk casually, especially in order to sell something or gain an advantage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich an jemanden zärtlich anschmiegen
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 schmusen
- schmust present singular third-person
- schmuste past
- geschmust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schmusend participle present
- schmuse first-person indicative present
- schmusest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmuset plural second-person subjunctive
- schmusten first-person indicative plural
- schmustest indicative preterite second-person
- schmustet indicative plural preterite
- schmus imperative second-person singular
- habe geschmust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschmust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schmuse! imperative singular
- schmust! imperative plural
- geschmust haben active infinitive perfect
- geschmust werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmusen?
- /ˈʃmuːzən/
- [ˈʃmuːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmusen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmusen in German?
schmusen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).