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/ 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 (informal) ravenous hunger Synonyms: Bärenhunger, Kohldampf, (regional) Jieper (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== schmachten schmächtig === Further reading === “Schmacht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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