Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German smecken (to taste), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku (a taste), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (to taste). Cognate to German schmecken (taste).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

שמעקן (shmekn) (past participle געשמעקט (geshmekt))

  1. smell (sense with nose)

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

שמעקן (shmekn)

  1. plural of שמעק (shmek)