schmurgeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German smorkeln, smurkeln (“to seethe, sizzle, smoulder”), iterative of smorken (“to smoulder”), derived from smoren (“to burn slowly, to braise”), whence German schmoren, probably through a blend with smoken (“to smoke”) (see Schmauch). Possibly introduced into literary German, and at least popularised, by Wilhelm Busch in his famous Max und Moritz (1865).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schmurgeln (weak, third-person singular present schmurgelt, past tense schmurgelte, past participle geschmurgelt, auxiliary haben)
- (regional, northern and central Germany, of food) to be fried or baked slowly, making a sizzling sound
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schmurgeln | ||||
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present participle | schmurgelnd | ||||
past participle | geschmurgelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schmurgle ich schmurgele ich schmurgel |
wir schmurgeln | i | ich schmurgele ich schmurgle |
wir schmurgeln |
du schmurgelst | ihr schmurgelt | du schmurgelest du schmurglest |
ihr schmurgelet ihr schmurglet | ||
er schmurgelt | sie schmurgeln | er schmurgele er schmurgle |
sie schmurgeln | ||
preterite | ich schmurgelte | wir schmurgelten | ii | ich schmurgelte1 | wir schmurgelten1 |
du schmurgeltest | ihr schmurgeltet | du schmurgeltest1 | ihr schmurgeltet1 | ||
er schmurgelte | sie schmurgelten | er schmurgelte1 | sie schmurgelten1 | ||
imperative | schmurgle (du) schmurgel (du) schmurgele (du) |
schmurgelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.