"The water is dirty."

Translation: Das Wasser ist schmutzig.

[Nandul1]

How do you pronounce schmutzig

[Kerrier]

It sounds like shmuh-tsich, with the uh sound further back in the mouth and ig as ich, here an unstressed i followed by a soft german ch.

Forvo has an example:

https://forvo.com/word/schmutzig/#de

[MinnieMous492232]

I get confused with schmutzig

[Kallech]

How so?

[VedJoglekar]

Look at Kerrier's answer