Depending on context, the German word Schmucktranslates as:
Noun:
jewellery
Adjective:
neat
trim
spick-and-span
decorative
dapper
The American slang word schmuck translates into German as:
Depp
Trottel
Idiot
Jewelry is Schmuck in German.
Schmuck
to be a idot or moron
P-nis
"In German, it has no meaning".True, but schwantz is an American pronunciation of the German or (especially) Yiddish schwanz, meaning tail, or slang for penis; it would be used as a derogatory term for someone, as in calling a person a "dick" or a "schmuck".
Schmuck is indeed Yiddish, but it's a word rather than a name (albeit a word often applied to people) which comes from the European Jewish language known as Yiddish. It's definitely not a word to use when among polite company, however, due to it referring to - erm - the male member.Schmuck as a surname is not Jewish. It is a German name meaning "Jewel".[Note: the Yiddish word Schmuck is not related to the German word Schmuck. In fact, the are not even pronounced the same]
Peter Schmuck's birth name is Peter Gilray Schmuck.
A schmuck is a person who acts stupidly, a sucker, a loser, a jerk. It is a Yiddish term. It originally meant either penis or the discarded foreskin after circumcision.
Methinks it's Yiddish for "Crazy" Example: "You Meshugena schmuck!!"
Uta Schmuck was born in 1949.
Christina Schmuck was born in 1944.
Elmer N. Schmuck died in 1936.