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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch smoren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]smoren
- (transitive) to smother, to suffocate, to deprive of oxygen
- (transitive) to muffle, to repress, to diminish, to die out
- (transitive, intransitive) to braise
- (colloquial, Belgium) to smoke weed
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of smoren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | smoren | |||
past singular | smoorde | |||
past participle | gesmoord | |||
infinitive | smoren | |||
gerund | smoren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | smoor | smoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | smoort, smoor2 | smoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | smoort | smoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | smoort | smoorde | ||
3rd person singular | smoort | smoorde | ||
plural | smoren | smoorden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | smore | smoorde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | smoren | smoorden | ||
imperative sing. | smoor | |||
imperative plur.1 | smoort | |||
participles | smorend | gesmoord | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: smoor
- Petjo: smoor
- → Indonesian: smoor, semur
- → English: semur
- → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur)
- → Papiamentu: smor, smoor
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “smoren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English smorian, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or smoca (“smoke”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]smoren
- to suffocate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of smoren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “smōren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “smoren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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