smacchen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English smæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan; equivalent to smak + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
smacchen
- (transitive, intransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be contaminated (by); to be blemished (with).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of smacchen (weak irregular)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: smatch (obsolete)
References edit
- “smacchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.