schmaltz
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Liquid chicken fat.
- (uncountable) Excessively sentimental art or music.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַלץ borrowed from German Schmalz (grease, lard).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schmalz
Gloss
grease, lard
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- schmaltzfest English
- schmaltzily English
- schmaltziness English
- schmaltzy English
- Griebenschmalz German
- Ohrenschmalz German
- Schmalz German
- schmalzig German
- szmal Polish
- szmalcownik Polish
- smalz Middle High German
- שמאַלץ Yiddish
- שמאַלציק Yiddish