smerte

Danish

Alternative forms

• smærte (obsolete)

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

• smarte, smert
• (early) smierte, smirte

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

• “smert(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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

Synonyms

• pine

Derived terms

• brystsmerte
• smertefri
• smertefull
• smertelindring
• smertestillende

 

References

• “smerte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German smerte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²smɛrtə/

Noun

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

1. an ache
2. a pain

Synonyms

• pine

Derived terms

• brystsmerte
• smertefri
• smertefull
• smertelindring

 

References

• “smerte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.