Schmalz
German (Berlin)
/ʃmal(t)s/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) grease; lard
- (usually) schmaltz something cheesy or excessively sentimental, e.g. music
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German smalz inherited from Old High German smalz (fat, lard) inherited from *smalt (lard, fat).
Origin
*smalt
Gloss
lard, fat
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
脂
Emoji
🐹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- schmaltz English
- Grieben German
- Griebenschmalz German
- Ohr German
- Ohrenschmalz German
- schmalzig German
- smalto Italian
- smout Dutch, Flemish
- smoutebol Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European
- smalec Polish
- szmal Polish
- szmalcownik Polish
- smout Middle Dutch
- smalz Old High German
- smalz Middle High German
- Schmalz Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שמאַלץ Yiddish
- שמאַלציק Yiddish
- *smalt gmw-pro
- *smalt Old Dutch
- bosmaltzan Cimbrian
- smaltz Cimbrian
- *smalt Frankish