schmutz

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US/ʃmʊts/

noun

dirt, filth

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

schmutz1

nounschmutz (uncountable)

alternative shmutz

  1. uncountabledirt, filth

    “Let's take a look at the News 8 WeatherWall with high Doppler action. And this patch right here, um... well, that's a little schmutz there on the old WeatherWall with high Doppler action.”

    2023 August 3, Sarah Naftalis, “Local News” (21:51 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 5, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)

Schmutz2

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. GermanSchmutz
  2. Yiddishשמוץ
  3. Englishschmutz

From Yiddish שמוץ (shmuts) or German Schmutz. Doublet of smut.

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Translations

Polish zabrudzenie
  • zabrudzeniedirt mark

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

schmutz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutz

MLA

“schmutz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schmutz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmutz.

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