smölten

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German smelten, from Old Saxon smeltan, from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan.

Cognate with Dutch smelten, English smelt, German schmelzen, Danish smelte, Swedish smälta. Also related to English melt.

Verb

smölten (past singular smölt, past participle smolten<auxiliary verb, hebben or, wesen)

  1. (transitive, auxiliary: “hebben”) to melt; to liquefy
  2. (transitive, metallurgy, auxiliary: “hebben”) to smelt; to fuse
  3. (intransitive, auxiliary: “wesen”) to melt; to liquefy
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, auxiliary: “wesen”) to dwindle; to melt away

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