smieten

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German smiten, from Old Saxon smītan. Cognate with English smite, Dutch smijten, German schmeißen.

Verb

smieten (past singular smeet, past participle smeten, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive or reflexive) To throw.
  2. (transitive, computing, exception handling) To throw
    De Konstruktor mit dehierste een Parameter smitt in dedorste Fall en Exkepschoon.
    The constructor with this one parameter throws in this case an exception.
  3. (transitive) To cast
    en Schadden smieten ― to cast a shadow
  4. to chuck
  5. to toss

Conjugation

Conjugation of smieten (strong verb)
infinitive smieten
present preterite
1st person singular smiet smeet
2nd person singular smittst smeetst
3rd person singular smitt smeet
plural smiet smeten
imperative
singular smiet
plural smiet
present past
participle smieten smeten

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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