smaken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sma‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch smaken. Equivalent to smaak +‎ -en.

Verb

smaken

1. (intransitive) to taste

   Deze soep smaakt me goed.

   This soup tastes good to me.

2. (intransitive) to taste good, to be likable in taste

   Smaakt het?

   Does it taste good? / Do you like it?

Inflection

Conjugation of smaken (weak)
infinitive	smaken
past singular	smaakte
past participle	gesmaakt
infinitive	smaken
gerund	smaken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	smaak	smaakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	smaakt	smaakte
2nd person sing. (u)	smaakt	smaakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	smaakt	smaakte
3rd person singular	smaakt	smaakte
plural	smaken	smaakten
subjunctive sing.1	smake	smaakte
subjunctive plur.1	smaken	smaakten
imperative sing.	smaak
imperative plur.1	smaakt
participles	smakend	gesmaakt
1) Archaic.

See also

• proeven

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

smaken

1. plural of smaak

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• smake

Verb

smaken

1. to taste, smack

Derived terms

• Middle English smak "taste, flavor"
• Middle English smaking

Descendants

• English smack

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

smaken m

1. definite singular of smak

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

smaken m

1. definite singular of smak

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Swedish

Noun

smaken

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of smak

Anagrams

• makens, masken