schmoren

German

Etymology

From Low German and Middle Low German smôren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).[1] Cognate with Dutch smoren, English smother.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmoːʁən/, [ˈʃmoːʁən], [ˈʃmoː.ɐn], [ʃmoːɐ̯n], [ʃmɔɐ̯n]
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Verb

schmoren (weak, third-person singular present schmort, past tense schmorte, past participle geschmort, auxiliary haben)

  1. to braise

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • Schmorbraten
  • Schmorgurken
  • Schmorfleisch
  • Schmorobst
  • Schmortopf

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

Further reading
  • “schmoren” in Duden online
  • “schmoren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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