schmutzig
German, adjective/ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç/
schmutzig is spelled S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-I-G (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmutzig is a German adjective meaning “dirty, filthy, grimy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht sauber, mit Schmutz behaftet”.
What does schmutzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dirty, filthy, grimy
- 2
shameless, obscene
- 3
fatty, fat
Schmutziger Donnerstag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht sauber, mit Schmutz behaftet 2. moralisch nicht einwandfrei, ohne Anstand
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 schmutzig
- schmutziger masculine nominative singular
- am schmutzigsten superlative
- schmutzige feminine nominative singular
- schmutziges neuter nominative singular
- schmutzigen genitive masculine singular
- schmutzigem dative masculine singular
- der schmutzige definite includes-article masculine
- die schmutzige definite feminine includes-article
- das schmutzige definite includes-article neuter
- die schmutzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmutzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmutzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmutzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmutzig?
- /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç/
- /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪk/
- [ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmutzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmutzig in German?
schmutzig appears 5.0 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).