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schmuck

adj · /ʃmʊk/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. pretty, spruce dated

Schmuck

noun · /ʃmʊkʰ/ ·
Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German smuk, related to schmücken (“to decorate”); see there for more. Somewhat displaced Zier (“ornament”).

Translation

  1. jewelry masculine, strong
  2. ornament, decoration masculine, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Schmuck Schmucke
Accusative Schmuck Schmucke
Dative Schmuck Schmucken
Genitive Schmuckes Schmucke