Schmacht

German

Etymology

From rare, northern Middle High German smaht, later reinforced by Middle Low German smacht. Derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“little, small”). Related to Schmach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃmaxt/
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Hyphenation: Schmacht

Noun

Schmacht m (strong, genitive Schmachtes or Schmachts, no plural) or
Schmacht f (genitive Schmacht, no plural)

need, privation, especially hunger or thirst
Synonyms: Entbehrung, Not; Hunger, Durst
1. (informal) ravenous hunger
  Synonyms: Bärenhunger, Kohldampf, (regional) Jieper
2. (informal) craving, desire
  Synonyms: Verlangen, Gier, Begehren, (regional) Jieper
pining, languour, longing, nostalgia, (most often derogatory) schmaltz, sentimentality
Synonyms: Sehnsucht, Nostalgie, (derogatory) Schmalz, Sentimentalität, Pathos, Herzschmerz

Declension

Declension of Schmacht [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmacht
genitive	eines	des	Schmachtes, Schmachts
dative	einem	dem	Schmacht, Schmachte¹
accusative	einen	den	Schmacht

¹Now rare, see notes.

Declension of Schmacht [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schmacht
genitive	einer	der	Schmacht
dative	einer	der	Schmacht
accusative	eine	die	Schmacht

Derived terms

Further reading

“Schmacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schmacht” in Duden online
“Schmacht”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Schmacht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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