schmutzig

== Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German schmutzig. Doublet of smotsig. === Adjective === schmutzig (comparative schmutziger, superlative schmutzigst) (informal) grubby, dirty Synonyms: viezig, groezelig == German == === Etymology === From Schmutz +‎ -ig, whence also dialectal Dutch smotsig. Compare also English smutty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪç/ (standard in Germany) IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊt͡sɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: schmut‧zig === Adjective === schmutzig (strong nominative masculine singular schmutziger, comparative schmutziger, superlative am schmutzigsten) dirty, filthy, grimy Synonym: dreckig Antonym: sauber (figurative) shameless, obscene Synonyms: schamlos, obszön (dialectal, of food) fatty, fat Synonyms: fettig, schmalzreich Schmutziger Donnerstag ― Fat Thursday ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== verschmutzen ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: schmutzig, smotsig → Hungarian: smucig (“stingy”) → Danish: smudsig === Further reading === “schmutzig” in Duden online “schmutzig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmutzig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.