schmuck

== English == === Alternative forms === schmock, shmock, shmok, shmuck, shmuk === Etymology === From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmʌk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊk/ Rhymes: -ʌk === Noun === schmuck (plural schmucks) (US, slang, derogatory, chiefly Jewish) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk A deplorable, pitiful person. poor schmuck ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === schmuck (third-person singular simple present schmucks, present participle schmucking, simple past and past participle schmucked) (slang, intransitive, rare) To behave like a schmuck. (slang, transitive, rare) To mash or smoosh. ==== See also ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German smuk (“supple, bendsome, pleasing, beautiful, petite, cute”) (compare Middle Low German smuk (“ornament, jewellery”)), from Old Saxon *smuk, *smukk, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“flexible, bendsome, easy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃmʊk/ Homophone: Schmuck Rhymes: -ʊk === Adjective === schmuck (strong nominative masculine singular schmucker, comparative schmucker, superlative am schmucksten) (dated) pretty, spruce Synonym: hübsch ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schmuck schmücken === Further reading === “schmuck” in Duden online “schmuck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German)