smelten

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch smelten, a merger of two Old Dutch verbs:

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛl.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: smel‧ten

Verb

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smelten

  1. (intransitive) to melt
    De boter is gesmolten.The butter has melted.
  2. (transitive) to melt
    Ik heb de boter gesmolten.I have melted the butter.
    Ze smelten de paashaas!They are melting the Easter bunny!
  3. (transitive) to smelt

Conjugation

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Conjugation of smelten (strong class 3b)
infinitive smelten
past singular smolt
past participle gesmolten
infinitive smelten
gerund smelten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular smelt smolt
2nd person sing. (jij) smelt smolt
2nd person sing. (u) smelt smolt
2nd person sing. (gij) smelt smolt
3rd person singular smelt smolt
plural smelten smolten
subjunctive sing.1 smelte smolte
subjunctive plur.1 smelten smolten
imperative sing. smelt
imperative plur.1 smelt
participles smeltend gesmolten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: smelt
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: smelti
  • Negerhollands: smelt

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From a merger of two verbs:

Verb

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smelten

  1. (intransitive) to melt
  2. (intransitive) to dissolve (in a liquid)
  3. (intransitive) to defecate
  4. (transitive) to melt, to make liquid
  5. (transitive) to reform (into something else)
  6. (transitive) to dissolve (in a liquid)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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