different between schmuck vs schmendrick
schmuck
English
Alternative forms
- shmuck, shmuk
Etymology
From Yiddish ?????? (shmok, “penis, fool”). Further origin uncertain. Probably from Old Polish smok (“dragon”), akin to Bulgarian ???? (smok, “grass snake”). Perhaps akin to onomatopoeic Russian ???????? (smoktat?) smoktat ("to suck") according to old belief that snakes suck milk from animals. Alternatively a baby-talk corruption of Yiddish ?????? (shmekl), a dissimilated form of ?????? (shtekl, “penis/willy”, literally “little stick”). Alternatively from the verb Middle High German smucken, archaic German schmucken, which has several meanings allowing possible semantic connections: 1.) “to squeeze, press, fit into something tight”; 2.) “to hug, snuggle, kiss”; 3.) “to adorn, decorate”. The last of these three senses is perhaps less likely, but compare German Schmuck (“jewellery”) with English crown jewels.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
schmuck (plural schmucks)
- (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
- Synonyms: twerp, twit, dope, dick, dork, prick, putz
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off. Meanwhile, as he's walking towards me he's saying to my agent "I hope she puts on her top.". He wasn't even being a schmuck, like wanting to see.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A deplorable, pitiful person; often in the form poor schmuck.
Derived terms
- Schmucksville
- schmucky
Translations
See also
- schlemiel
Further reading
- Yiddish language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
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”), from Proto-Indo-European *smewg- (“to slip, glide, slide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k/
- Homophone: Schmuck
- Rhymes: -?k
Adjective
schmuck (comparative schmucker, superlative am schmucksten)
- (dated) pretty, spruce
Declension
Further reading
- “schmuck” in Duden online
schmuck From the web:
- what schmuck means
- what schmuck mean in arabic
- what schmuck means in spanish
- what schmuck in tagalog
- what is schmuck in german
- schmuckkasten what does it mean
- what does schmuck mean in english
- what is schmuck insurance
schmendrick
English
Alternative forms
- shmendrick
Etymology
From Yiddish ????????? (shmendrik), from the name of a character in the operetta Shmendrik, oder Die komishe Chaseneh (Schmendrik, or The Comical Wedding) by Avrom Goldfaden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m?nd??k/
Noun
schmendrick (plural schmendricks)
- A stupid person; a fool; a nincompoop.
- Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo.
Translations
See also
- schlemiel
- schmuck
schmendrick From the web:
- what schmendrick mean
- what does schmendrick mean
- what is schmendricks disease
- what does schmendrick mean in yiddish
- what does schmendrick definition
- what is schmendrick
- what is a schmendrick person
- schmendrick definition
you may also like
- schmuck vs schmendrick
- nincompoop vs schmendrick
- fool vs schmendrick
- shmendrick vs schmendrick
- schmendrick vs schlemiel
- pentalemma vs trilemma
- pentalemma vs dilemma
- tetralemma vs lemma
- lemongrass vs palmarosa
- aletic vs alexic
- alexic vs alexia
- depravedness vs deprave
- vco vs ldo
- vco vs nco
- prates vs praties
- plates vs prates
- prates vs pratts
- prates vs crates
- prates vs uprates
- prates vs pirates