From Middle Dutch smoren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).[1]
smoren
| Conjugation of smoren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smoren | |||
| past singular | smoorde | |||
| past participle | gesmoord | |||
| infinitive | smoren | |||
| gerund | smoren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | smoor | smoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | smoort, smoor2 | smoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | smoort | smoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | smoort | smoorde | ||
| 3rd person singular | smoort | smoorde | ||
| plural | smoren | smoorden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | smore | smoorde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | smoren | smoorden | ||
| imperative sing. | smoor | |||
| imperative plur.1 | smoort | |||
| participles | smorend | gesmoord | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Old English smorian, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or smoca (“smoke”).[1]
smoren
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.