smoren

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Verb

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smoren

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

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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References

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

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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smoren

  1. to suffocate

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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