schmähen

From Middle High German smæhen, from Old High German smāhen, from Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (“to reduce; belittle; despise”), from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). See also Dutch smaad (“slander”), Proto-Germanic *smikraz (“fine, fair”), Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“little”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmɛː.ən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmeː.ən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: schmä‧hen

schmähen (weak, third-person singular present schmäht, past tense schmähte, past participle geschmäht, auxiliary haben)

1. to revile; mock; verbally abuse
2. to blaspheme

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• Schmach
• Schmäh

• “schmähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schmähen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schmähen” in Duden online
• “schmähen” in OpenThesaurus.de