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Smog

German, noun[smɔk]

Smog is spelled S-M-O-G (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Smog is a German masculine noun meaning “smog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohe Konzentration von Schadstoffen in der Luft, wie sie sich über dicht besiedelten Räumen bilden kann”.

What does Smog mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmog

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. hohe Konzentration von Schadstoffen in der Luft, wie sie sich über dicht besiedelten Räumen bilden kann

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 Smog

  • Smogs genitive

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

How do you pronounce Smog?

  • [smɔk]

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

English words that translate to Smog

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

How common is Smog in German?

Smog appears about once in every 1 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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