Schmackofatz

== German == === Etymology === Backformed from schmackofatzen (“to taste good; to eat something tasty”), from Polish smakować (“to taste (good)”), from Middle Low German smāken. The verb is usual in the Ruhr Area vernacular, where it fit in with Westphalian Low German schmaken. The formation was first popularized Germany-wide by the dubbing of the 1970 Italian film When women had tails, and then again in 2023 by a meme involving youtuber Daniel Beuthner. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmakoˌfats/, [ˈʃma.koˌfat͡s] Hyphenation: Schma‧cko‧fatz === Noun === Schmackofatz m (strong, genitive Schmackofatzes or Schmackofatz, plural Schmackofatze, diminutive Schmackofätzchen n) (colloquial, often humorous) delicacy, tidbit, pleasant taste ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Schmackofatz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German) “Schmackofatz” in Duden online “Schmackofatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon