schmeicheln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German smeicheln, iterative of smeichen, from Old High German smeihhen (“to caress”), from a root related to Proto-Germanic *smaikijan, from Proto-Indo-European *smē(i)g- / *smī̌g-, a guttural extension of Proto-Indo-European *smē- / *smēi- (“to smear, wipe over”). Cognate with Dutch smeken (“to beg, implore”) and English smicker, as well as Polish smagły (“swarthy”) and perhaps Latin macula (“a spot”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmaɪ̯çəln/, [ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩n]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schmei‧cheln
Verb
schmeicheln (weak, third-person singular present schmeichelt, past tense schmeichelte, past participle geschmeichelt, auxiliary haben)
- (with dative object) to flatter to an exaggerated degree
- jemandem schmeicheln ― to flatter someone
Conjugation
Conjugation of schmeicheln (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | schmeicheln | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | schmeichelnd | ||||
past participle | geschmeichelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schmeichle ich schmeichele ich schmeichel |
wir schmeicheln | i | ich schmeichele ich schmeichle |
wir schmeicheln |
du schmeichelst | ihr schmeichelt | du schmeichelest du schmeichlest |
ihr schmeichelet ihr schmeichlet | ||
er schmeichelt | sie schmeicheln | er schmeichele er schmeichle |
sie schmeicheln | ||
preterite | ich schmeichelte | wir schmeichelten | ii | ich schmeichelte1 | wir schmeichelten1 |
du schmeicheltest | ihr schmeicheltet | du schmeicheltest1 | ihr schmeicheltet1 | ||
er schmeichelte | sie schmeichelten | er schmeichelte1 | sie schmeichelten1 | ||
imperative | schmeichle (du) schmeichel (du) schmeichele (du) |
schmeichelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schmeicheln (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Schmeicheln, Schmeichler, Schmeichelung, Schmeichelei, Geschmeichel
- schmeichelnd, geschmeichelt
- einschmeicheln
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schmeicheln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- “schmeicheln” in Duden online
Further reading
- “schmeicheln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schmeicheln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schmeicheln” in Duden online
- “schmeicheln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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