Schmutzfink
German, noun[ˈʃmʊt͡sfɪŋk]
Schmutzfink is spelled S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-F-I-N-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmutzfink is a German masculine noun meaning “litterbug; slob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die wenig oder gar nicht auf Sauberkeit achtet”.
What does Schmutzfink mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelitterbug; slob
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die wenig oder gar nicht auf Sauberkeit achtet
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 Schmutzfink
- Schmutzfinken genitive standard
- Schmutzfinks colloquial genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmutzfink?
- [ˈʃmʊt͡sfɪŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmutzfink
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmutzfink in German?
Schmutzfink appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).