Schmutz
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See also: schmutz
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German smuz. Cognate with Middle English bismitten (“to stain, soil”), Dutch smet (“spot, dirt”), English smut.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schmutz m (strong, genitive Schmutzes, no plural)
- dirt
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 104:
- Was hingegen die Reinlichkeit des Körpers betrifft, „so wäscht sich der Soldat nach dem Aufstehen mit kaltem Wasser und Seife Gesicht, Hals, Ohren, Brust und Achselhöhle, reinigt die Hände im Seifenwasser mit einer Handbürste und entfernt den Schmutz unter den Fingernägeln mit einer Nagelschere oder einem Nagelreiniger [...]“.
- On the other hand, concerning the cleanliness of the body, „the soldier washes, after getting up, with cold water and soap his face, neck, ears, chest and armpit, cleans the hands in the soap water with a hand brush and removes the dirt under the fingernails with nail scissors or a nail cleaner [...]“
- (dialectal) fat
- (drink) a cocktail with equal parts beer and cola
- Synonyms: Diesel, Moorwasser, Schweinebier
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schmutz [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Schmutzblech, Schmutzfänger, Schmutzfink, Schmutzfleck, Schmutzecke, Schmutztitel, Schmutzwäsche
- Schmutzkampagne
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schmutz”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]- “Schmutz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schmutz” in Duden online
- “Schmutz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schmutz m (plural Schmutz, diminutive Schmutzje)
- kiss
- Gebb meer en Schmutz!
- Give me a kiss!
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