schmerzen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German smerzan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Dutch smarten, English smart, Low German smerten, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmɛʁtsn/

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schmerzen (weak, third-person singular present schmerzt, past tense schmerzte, past participle geschmerzt, auxiliary haben)

1. to cause pain, to be painful, to ache or hurt

Although both Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and verletzen are sometimes glossed as to hurt, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is more specific to pain, while verletzen carries additional connotations of to injure or to wound.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (But please keep in mind that „ich schmerze“ and „du schmerzt“ do not exist and do not make sense; at most: „Dein Schicksal schmerzt mich“ = “Your fate aches me / causes me pain”.)

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