Smiley
German, noun/ˈsmaɪ̯liː/
Smiley is spelled S-M-I-L-E-Y (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Smiley is a German masculine noun meaning “a simplified ideogram representing human facial expressions, especially a smiling or laughing face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein minimalistisch gezeichnetes lächelndes Gesicht”.
What does Smiley mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutera simplified ideogram representing human facial expressions, especially a smiling or laughing face
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein minimalistisch gezeichnetes lächelndes Gesicht 2. (angelehnt an [1]) jede Art von Piktogramm, die Gesichtsausdrücke (und mehr) darstellt 3. Darstellung von [2] durch ASCII (oder auch andere Schrift auf dem Computer)
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 Smiley
- Smileys genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Smiley?
- /ˈsmaɪ̯liː/
- [ˈsmaɪ̯liː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Smiley
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Smiley in German?
Smiley appears 2.5 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).