schmähen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German smæhen, from Old High German smāhen, from Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (to reduce; belittle; despise), from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (small, thin, delicate). See also Dutch smaad (slander), Proto-Germanic *smikraz (fine, fair), Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (little).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛː.ən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmeː.ən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: schmä‧hen

Verb

schmähen (weak, third-person singular present schmäht, past tense schmähte, past participle geschmäht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to revile; mock; verbally abuse
  2. to blaspheme

Conjugation

Further reading

  • schmähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schmähen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schmähen” in Duden online
  • schmähen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2807”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2807