schmunzeln

== German == === Etymology === From Late Middle High German schmuntzelen, smonczeln (15th c.), diminutive-iterative of smunzen, nasalized byform of smutzen (ca. 1300), all meaning “to smile, laugh slightly”. Further origin unknown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmʊntsəln/, [ˈʃmʊn.t͡sl̩n] === Verb === schmunzeln (weak, third-person singular present schmunzelt, past tense schmunzelte, past participle geschmunzelt, auxiliary haben) to smile slightly, smirk (not smugly, but in an amused or contented way; e.g. when witnessing an amusing scene or conversation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schmunzeln n Geschmunzel, Schmunzelei Schmunzler === Further reading === “schmunzeln” in Duden online “schmunzeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.