schmoren

== German == === Etymology === From Low German and Middle Low German smôren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”). Cognate with Dutch smoren, English smother. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmoːʁən/, [ˈʃmoːʁən], [ˈʃmoː.ɐn], [ʃmoːɐ̯n], [ʃmɔɐ̯n] === Verb === schmoren (weak, third-person singular present schmort, past tense schmorte, past participle geschmort, auxiliary haben) (cooking, ambitransitive) to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid) Der Braten muss zwei Stunden schmoren. ― The roast has to braise for two hours. Danach müssen wir das Gemüse schmoren. ― Afterwards, we have to braise the vegetables. (figuratively, intransitive) to stew, to swelter (remain in a hot or uncomfortable situation without recourse) jemanden schmoren lassen ― to leave someone to stew in der Hölle schmoren ― to burn in hell (informal, intransitive) to smoke, to be beginning to burn (be extremely heated up, causing smoke or charring but little or no open fire, typically as a result of live electricity) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== schmurgeln === References === === Further reading === “schmoren” in Duden online “schmoren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)