schmücken
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German smücken, smucken (“to press against oneself, contract”), from Old High German *smucken (whence firsmucken (“to crush”)), from a formation related to modern German schmiegen (“to nestle up”); see there for more.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schmücken (weak, third-person singular present schmückt, past tense schmückte, past participle geschmückt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to adorn, to decorate
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
- Die Hauptfassade war mit einem griechischen Giebel und dorischen Säulen geschmückt worden, […]
- The main facade had been decorated with a Greek gable and Doric columns, […]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schmücken | ||||
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present participle | schmückend | ||||
past participle | geschmückt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schmücke | wir schmücken | i | ich schmücke | wir schmücken |
du schmückst | ihr schmückt | du schmückest | ihr schmücket | ||
er schmückt | sie schmücken | er schmücke | sie schmücken | ||
preterite | ich schmückte | wir schmückten | ii | ich schmückte1 | wir schmückten1 |
du schmücktest | ihr schmücktet | du schmücktest1 | ihr schmücktet1 | ||
er schmückte | sie schmückten | er schmückte1 | sie schmückten1 | ||
imperative | schmück (du) schmücke (du) |
schmückt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schmücken”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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