Schmutzfink
[ˈʃmʊt͡sfɪŋk]
The verdict
“Schmutzfink” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die wenig oder gar nicht auf Sauberkeit achtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmutzfink · Schmutzfink · German
Schmutzfink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | Schmutzfink |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmʊt͡sfɪŋk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmutzfink“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmutzfink is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmʊt͡sfɪŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die wenig oder gar nicht auf Sauberkeit achtet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schmutzfink, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schmutzfink, spelled S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-F-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Person, die wenig oder gar nicht auf Sauberkeit achtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmutzfink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer seine Essensreste nicht entfernt, ist ein Schmutzfink.
„Die Morphi hatte eine Schwester, einen kleinen Schmutzfinken von etwa dreizehn Jahren; diese sagte mir: wenn ich ihr einen kleinen Taler geben wollte, würde sie mir ihr Bett abtreten. Ich erklärte mich einverstanden, und sie führte mich in ein Kämmerchen, wo ich einen Strohsack auf vier Brettern fand.“
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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.