smug
[smuk]
The verdict
“smug” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wiesenstreifen, Ackerstreifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-smug · smug · German
smug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | smug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [smuk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „smug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
smug is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [smuk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
smug has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is smug, spelled S-M-U-G.
Definition
- 1Wiesenstreifen, Ackerstreifen
- 2meist feuchte Wiese
- 3Streifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how smug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Widać że okolica obfita we zboże, / I widać z liczby kopic, co wzdłuż i wszerz smugów / Świecą gęsto jak gwiazdy; widać z liczby pługów / Orzących wcześnie łany ogromne ugoru / Czarnoziemne, zapewne należne do dworu, / Uprawne dobrze nakształt ogrodowych grządek: / Że w tym domu dostatek mieszka i porządek.“
Synonyms
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.