Masculine

Schmerz

Meaning

  1. (in-plural, masculine, mixed) physical pain, ache (practically, as a sensation)
  2. (masculine, mixed, singular) physical pain (theoretically, as a bodily mechanism or function)
  3. (masculine, mixed, singular) emotional pain, sorrow, heartache

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schmäärz

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schmäärze

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃmɛʁts/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German smerze m or f, from Old High German smerza f, smerzo m, from Proto-West Germanic *smertan. Cognate with English smart and Dutch smart.

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