schmutzig
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
audio (Germany): (file) audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: schmut‧zig
Adjective
schmutzig (strong nominative masculine singular schmutziger, comparative schmutziger, superlative am schmutzigsten)
- dirty, filthy, grimy
- (figurative) shameless, obscene
- (dialectal, of food) fatty, fat
- Synonyms: fettig, schmalzreich
- Schmutziger Donnerstag ― Fat Thursday
Declension
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Further reading
- “schmutzig” in Duden online
- “schmutzig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schmutzig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.