schmierig

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German smerwic, smerewic, from Old High German *smerwīg, *smerewīg, from Proto-West Germanic *smerwig, equivalent to Schmiere +‎ -ig. Perhaps also influenced by earlier Middle Low German smērich, which is directly from smēr, cognate of German Schmer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmiːʁɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈʃmiːʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: schmie‧rig === Adjective === schmierig (strong nominative masculine singular schmieriger, comparative schmieriger, superlative am schmierigsten) smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue) (chiefly colloquial, usually of men) overtly polite, but with an underlying arrogance and possessiveness; oleaginous; unctuous; smarmy ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (smudgy): klebrig; schmuddelig; pekig (regional) === Further reading === “schmierig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmierig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon