smet

See also: Smet, smeť, smět, Smęt, смет, and сметь

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smɛt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: smet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

smet m or f (plural smetten, diminutive smetje n)

  1. a stain, a blemish
    Synonym: vlek
  2. (figuratively) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure
  3. (obsolete) infection
    Synonym: infectie

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: smet

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smɛt/

Noun

smet m

  1. Alternative form of smit

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъmetь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sméːt/

Noun

smẹ̑t f

  1. sweepings

Inflection
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Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. smét
gen. sing. smetí
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 smét smetí smetí
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 smetí smetí smetí
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 sméti smetéma smetém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 smét smetí smetí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 sméti smetéh smetéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 smetjó smetéma smetmí

Further reading
  • “smet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smeːt/
  • audio (Gotland)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Probably from Middle Low German smette, smitte (“mush or paste used by the linen weavers to strengthen the hoist", also "stain, mark, blemish”). Compare Saterland Frisian Smitte (“a kind of paste or glue used to strengthen the lift and shear in weaving”). If so, cognate also with English smit.

Noun

smet c or n

  1. (common, countable, uncountable) a batter; a thin, mostly liquid mixture of flour, some liquid (such as water or milk), and possibly other ingredients, which is either fried or baked.
  2. (neuter, uncountable) goo; a sticky substance
Declension
Declension of smet 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative smet smeten smeter smeterna
Genitive smets smetens smeters smeternas
Declension of smet 2
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative smet smetet — —
Genitive smets smetets — —
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

smet

  1. past indicative of smita

References

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