schmunzeln

C1 Verb frequency rank #6,815

What schmunzeln means

Verb

to smile slightly, smirk (not smugly, but in an amused or contented way; e.g. when witnessing an amusing scene or conversation)

Forms

schmunzeln · schmunzelt · schmunzelte · hat geschmunzelt

Pronunciation

schmunzeln in a sentence

Über seine Antwort musste ich leise schmunzeln.

His answer made me smile quietly to myself.

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schmunzeln is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #6,815 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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