smerte

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German smerte.

Noun

smerte c (singular definite smerten, plural indefinite smerter)

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. grief
Inflection
Declension of smerte
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative smerte smerten smerter smerterne
genitive smertes smertens smerters smerternes

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German smerten, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną.

Verb

smerte (imperative smert, infinitive at smerte, present tense smerter, past tense smertede, perfect tense har smertet)

  1. pain
  2. grieve
    Synonym: bedrøve
  3. ache
    Synonym: værke

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

smerte

  1. Alternative form of smert
  2. inflection of smert:
    1. weak singular
    2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 2

From smerten, as if Old English *smiertu, *smeortu.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛrt(ə)/, /ˈsmart(ə)/
  • (early) IPA(key): /ˈsmirt(ə)/

Noun

smerte (uncountable)

  1. harm, pain, injury
  2. distress, sadness
  3. travail, difficulty
Descendants
  • English: smart
  • Scots: smert
References

Etymology 3

Verb

smerte

  1. Alternative form of smerten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German smerte.

Noun

smerte m (definite singular smerten, indefinite plural smerter, definite plural smertene)

  1. an ache
  2. a pain

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German smerte.

Pronunciation

Noun

smerte f (definite singular smerta, indefinite plural smerter, definite plural smertene)

  1. an ache
  2. a pain

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References

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