schmierig
Meaning
- smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue)
- (colloquial, usually) overtly polite, but with an underlying arrogance and possessiveness; oleaginous; unctuous; smarmy
Concepts
Synonyms
unter der Gürtellinie
liebedienerisch
übertrieben freundlich
drängelnd
babbisch
voller Mist
steht vor Dreck
mistig
voller Dreck und Speck
voller Schmutz
vor Dreck stehen
dreckig und speckig
schmutzbehaftet
mit Schmutz behaftet
von peinlicher Indiskretion
gewalthaft
lästig wie eine Klofliege
nicht abzuschütteln
Translations
sporco
yağlı
mugriento
graisseux
sujoFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
schliiferig
Basel-Landschaft
späggig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃmiːʁɪç/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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