smaken

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sma‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch smaken, from Proto-West Germanic *smakēn (“to taste”). Equivalent to smaak +‎ -en.

smaken

1. (intransitive) to taste

   Deze soep smaakt me goed.

   This soup tastes good to me.

2. (intransitive) to taste good, to be likable in taste

   Smaakt het?

   Does it taste good? / Do you like it?

3. (transitive) to experience; to enjoy

   Het succes van zijn noeste arbeid heeft hij niet meer mogen smaken.

   He has not been able to witness the success of his hard work.

   Laat het u smaken! ― Enjoy [the food]!

Where the english verb taste can confer both meanings, in Dutch proeven is typically only used for the activity of tasting something, whereas smaken is used to express food having flavour.^[1] Examples:

Wil je even proeven of de soep zout genoeg is? - Will you quickly have a taste whether the soup is salty enough?

De soep smaakte heerlijk na de lange wandeling. - The soup tasted deliciously after the long walk.

• Afrikaans: smaak
• Negerhollands: smak
• Skepi Creole Dutch: smack, smak
• → Papiamentu: smak, smaak (dated)

• proeven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

smaken

1. plural of smaak

• smake, smakie, smakkyn, smakyn
• smacky (Kent)

Borrowed from Middle Low German smāken, from Old Saxon *smakōn, from Proto-West Germanic *smakēn; compare smacchen. Some forms are remodelled on smak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmakən/, /ˈsmaːkən/

smaken

1. (ambitransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).

   Synonyms: savouren, smacchen, tasten

2. (ambitransitive, rare) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
3. (transitive, rare) To be contaminated by; to be blemished with.

• English: smack
• Scots: smack
• Yola: smack

• “smā̆ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

smaken m

1. definite singular of smak

smaken m

1. definite singular of smak

smaken

1. definite singular of smak

• makens, masken