schmoren

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive, weak) to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
2. (ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive, weak) to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
3. (informal, intransitive, weak) to smoke, to be beginning to burn (be extremely heated up, causing smoke or charring but little or no open fire, typically as a result of live electricity)

Concepts

stew

🍲

braise

cook

🧑‍🍳

cook by steam

roast

boil

simmer

Synonyms

dünsten

dämpfen

kochen

🧑‍🍳

glimmen

glühen

rösten

schwelen

ausglühen

braten

brennen

garen

🧑‍🍳

kokeln

zubereiten

anrichten

im Dampf kochen lassen

gedünstet werden

anschmoren

sieden

Translations

stoven

smoren

estofar

🍲

estufar

braiser

rehogar

guisar

🍲

stufare

🍲

cuire à l’étouffée

cuire

🧑‍🍳

cuire à l’étuvée

cuire en ragoût

dauber

bouillir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃmoːʁən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German: -

Cognate with Old English: smoca

Cognate with Dutch: smoren

Cognate with English: smother

In summary

From Low German and Middle Low German smôren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”). Cognate with Dutch smoren, English smother.