smeren

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsmeːrə(n)/ Hyphenation: sme‧ren Rhymes: -eːrən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch smeren, from Old Dutch *smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, from *smerwą (“grease, fat”) (modern smeer). ==== Verb ==== smeren (transitive) to smear, to rub a substance (transitive, by extension, of bread-like foods) to make, to butter (transitive) to grease, to oil, etc. (to make run more smoothly) (transitive) to corrupt, to pay off, to bribe (intransitive, idiomatic, used with hem) to get out, to make one's getaway, to leave ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: smeer Negerhollands: smeer → Indonesian: semir → Papiamentu: smer → West Frisian: smeare === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== smeren plural of smeer