schmerzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schmerzen, from Old High German smerzan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Dutch smarten, English smart, Low German smerten, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛʁtsn/ === Verb === schmerzen (weak, third-person singular present schmerzt, past tense schmerzte, past participle geschmerzt, auxiliary haben) to cause pain, to be painful, to ache or hurt ==== Usage notes ==== Although both schmerzen and verletzen are sometimes glossed as to hurt, schmerzen is more specific to pain, while verletzen carries additional connotations of to injure or to wound. ==== Conjugation ==== The first-person and second-person forms "ich schmerze" and "du schmerzt" are not idiomatic and do not make sense. A more idiomatic example would be "Dein Schicksal schmerzt mich", meaning "Your fate aches me / causes me pain". === Further reading === “schmerzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmerzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schmerzen” in Duden online “schmerzen” in OpenThesaurus.de