smoren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smoren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (to suffocate, strangle), probably related to *smallijan (to burn) or Old English smoca (smoke).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Verb

smoren

  1. (transitive) to smother, to suffocate, to deprive of oxygen
  2. (transitive) to muffle, to repress, to diminish, to die out
  3. (ambitransitive) to braise
  4. (colloquial, Belgium) to smoke weed

Conjugation

Conjugation of smoren (weak)
infinitive smoren
past singular smoorde
past participle gesmoord
infinitive smoren
gerund smoren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular smoor smoorde
2nd person sing. (jij) smoort, smoor2 smoorde
2nd person sing. (u) smoort smoorde
2nd person sing. (gij) smoort smoorde
3rd person singular smoort smoorde
plural smoren smoorden
subjunctive sing.1 smore smoorde
subjunctive plur.1 smoren smoorden
imperative sing. smoor
imperative plur.1 smoort
participles smorend gesmoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: smoor
  • Petjo: smoor
  • Indonesian: smoor, semur
  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur)
  • Papiamentu: smor, smoor

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “smoren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English smorian, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (to suffocate, strangle), probably related to *smallijan (to burn) or smoca (smoke).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɔːrən/

Verb

smoren

  1. to suffocate

Conjugation

Conjugation of smoren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) smoren, smore
present tense past tense
1st-person singular smore smored
2nd-person singular smorest smoredest
3rd-person singular smoreth smored
subjunctive singular smore
imperative singular
plural1 smoren, smore smoreden, smorede
imperative plural smoreth, smore
participles smorynge, smorende smored, ysmored

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “smoren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute