smet

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smɛt/ Hyphenation: smet Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === smet m or f (plural smetten, diminutive smetje n) a stain, a blemish Synonym: vlek (figuratively) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure (obsolete) infection Synonym: infectie ==== Derived terms ==== besmetten ontsmetten smetten smetvrees smetvrij ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: smet == Middle Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smɛt/ === Noun === smet m alternative form of smit ==== Inflection ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *sъmetь. First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sméːt/ === Noun === smẹ̑t f sweepings ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “smet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smeːt/ Rhymes: -eːt === Etymology 1 === Origin uncertain. Probably from Middle Low German smette, smitte (“mush or paste used by the linen weavers to strengthen the hoist", also "stain, mark, blemish”). Compare Saterland Frisian Smitte (“a kind of paste or glue used to strengthen the lift and shear in weaving”). If so, cognate also with English smit. ==== Noun ==== smet c or n (common, countable, uncountable) a batter; a thin, mostly liquid mixture of flour, some liquid (such as water or milk), and possibly other ingredients, which is either fried or baked. (neuter, uncountable) goo; a sticky substance ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== smeta ===== See also ===== deg kladd === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== smet past indicative of smita === References === “smet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === mest