smerte

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German smerte.

Noun

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smerte c (singular definite smerten, plural indefinite smerter)

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. grief
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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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

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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smerte

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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smerte (uncountable)

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

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Verb

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smerte

  1. Alternative form of smerten

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German Low German smerte.

Noun

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

  1. an ache
  2. a pain

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German smerte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. an ache
  2. a pain

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