Schmuck

See also: schmuck and schmück

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Schmuck

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmuck is the 17202^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1646 individuals. Schmuck is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

German

Schmuck

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German smuk, related to schmücken (“to decorate”); see there for more. Somewhat displaced Zier (“ornament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃmʊkʰ/
• Rhymes: -ʊk
• Homophone: schmuck

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Schmuck m (strong, genitive Schmuckes or Schmucks, plural Schmucke)

1. jewelry
2. ornament, decoration

Declension

Declension of Schmuck [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmuck	die	Schmucke
genitive	eines	des	Schmuckes, Schmucks	der	Schmucke
dative	einem	dem	Schmuck, Schmucke1	den	Schmucken
accusative	einen	den	Schmuck	die	Schmucke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Schmuckgegenstand, Schmuckgeschäft, Schmuckhersteller, Schmuckkästchen, Schmucknadel
• Schmuckschatulle, Schmuckstein, Schmuckstück, Schmuckverkäufer, Schmuckkette
• Armschmuck, Brillantchmuck, Federschmuck, Goldschmuck, Haarschmuck, Halsschmuck, Intimschmuck, Kopfschmuck, Ohrschmuck, Platinschmuck, Silberschmuck

Further reading

• “Schmuck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schmuck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Schmuck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Schmuck” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃmuk/

Noun

Schmuck m (plural Schmuck)

1. ornament

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schmuck”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch