smaken
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch smaken. Equivalent to smaak + -en.
Verb[edit]
smaken
- (intransitive) to taste
- Deze soep smaakt me goed.
- This soup tastes good to me.
- (intransitive) to taste good, to be likable in taste
- Smaakt het?
- Does it taste good? / Do you like it?
- (transitive) to experience; to enjoy
- Het succes van zijn noeste arbeid heeft hij niet meer mogen smaken.
- He has not been able to witness the success of his hard work.
- Laat het u smaken! ― Enjoy [the food]!
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of smaken (weak) | ||||
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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. |
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
smaken
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German smāken, from Old Saxon *smakōn, from Proto-West Germanic *smakēn; compare smacchen. Some forms are remodelled on smak.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
smaken
- (transitive, intransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).
- (transitive, intransitive, rare) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
- (transitive, rare) To be contaminated by; to be blemished with.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of smaken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “smā̆ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
smaken m
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
smaken m
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
smaken
Anagrams[edit]
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