Schmuck

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Schmuck

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmuck is the 17202^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1646 individuals. Schmuck is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃmʊkʰ/
• Rhymes: -ʊk
• Homophone: schmuck

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Schmuck m (strong, genitive Schmuckes or Schmucks, plural Schmucke)

1. jewelry
2. ornament, decoration

• Schmuckgegenstand, Schmuckgeschäft, Schmuckhersteller, Schmuckkästchen, Schmucknadel
• Schmuckschatulle, Schmuckstein, Schmuckstück, Schmuckverkäufer, Schmuckkette
• Armschmuck, Brillantchmuck, Federschmuck, Goldschmuck, Haarschmuck, Halsschmuck, Intimschmuck, Kopfschmuck, Ohrschmuck, Platinschmuck, Silberschmuck

• “Schmuck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schmuck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Schmuck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schmuck” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ʃmuk/

Schmuck m (plural Schmuck)

1. ornament

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schmuck”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch