From Middle Dutch smachten, ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, little”). See also Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “a little of”), Latin mica. West Germanic cognates include Old High German gismāhtōn (modern German schmachten).
smachten
| Inflection of smachten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smachten | |||
| past singular | smachtte | |||
| past participle | gesmacht | |||
| infinitive | smachten | |||
| gerund | smachten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | smacht | smachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | smacht | smachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | smacht | smachtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | smacht | smachtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | smacht | smachtte | ||
| plural | smachten | smachtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | smachte | smachtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | smachten | smachtten | ||
| imperative sing. | smacht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | smacht | |||
| participles | smachtend | gesmacht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||