schmatzen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German smatzen, from older smackezen, from the root of Schmackes (“force, power”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmat͡sn̩/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schmat‧zen
Verb
schmatzen (weak, third-person singular present schmatzt, past tense schmatzte, past participle geschmatzt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to smack, to chomp (to make smacking or squelching sounds, especially while chewing; to eat noisily)
- (intransitive, Bavaria) to chat (to be engaged in informal conversation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of schmatzen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schmatzen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schmatzend | ||||
| past participle | geschmatzt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schmatze | wir schmatzen | i | ich schmatze | wir schmatzen |
| du schmatzt | ihr schmatzt | du schmatzest | ihr schmatzet | ||
| er schmatzt | sie schmatzen | er schmatze | sie schmatzen | ||
| preterite | ich schmatzte | wir schmatzten | ii | ich schmatzte1 | wir schmatzten1 |
| du schmatztest | ihr schmatztet | du schmatztest1 | ihr schmatztet1 | ||
| er schmatzte | sie schmatzten | er schmatzte1 | sie schmatzten1 | ||
| imperative | schmatz (du) schmatze (du) |
schmatzt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schmatzen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schmatzen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN