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Schmutz

German, noun/ʃmʊt͡s/

Schmutz is spelled S-C-H-M-U-T-Z (7 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmutz is a German masculine noun meaning “dirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unsauberkeit, feuchter Dreck, Staub”.

What does Schmutz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedirt

  2. 2

    masculinefat

  3. 3

    masculinea cocktail with equal parts beer and cola

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Unsauberkeit, feuchter Dreck, Staub 2. Schundliteratur, anstößige Literatur

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 Schmutz

  • Schmutzes genitive
  • Schmutze dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Schmutz?

  • /ʃmʊt͡s/
  • [ʃmʊt͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Schmutz

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schmutz in German?

Schmutz appears 5.1 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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