schmuggeln

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German smuggeln, from Middle Low German smugen, from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (to slip through, creep). Doublet of smyga. Cognate with English smuggle, also a borrowing.

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Verb

schmuggeln (weak, third-person singular present schmuggelt, past tense schmuggelte, past participle geschmuggelt, auxiliary haben)(transitive)

  1. to smuggle

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