schmarotzen
German
Etymology
15th c. Middle High German smorotzen (“to beg”), further origin unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃmaˈʁɔt͡sn̩]
- Hyphenation: schma‧rot‧zen
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Verb
schmarotzen (weak, third-person singular present schmarotzt, past tense schmarotzte, past participle schmarotzt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to sponge, to freeload
- (intransitive, biology) to parasitize
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “schmarotzen” in Duden online
- “schmarotzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schmarotzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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