schmeicheln

Meaning

to flatter to an exaggerated degree

Concepts

flatter

adulate

coax

blandish

butter up

fawn

cajole

court

blarney

soft-soap

stir up

sweet-talk

curry favor with

fawn on

make up to

curry favour with

extract the urine

bootlick

caress

compliment

flirt with

instigate

lick

Synonyms

streicheln

heucheln

lobhudeln

sich einschmeicheln

liebkosen

gut zureden

Komplimente machen

Honig ums Maul schmieren

hofieren

umwerben

aufspulen

schöntun

Süßholz raspeln

überreden

gefällig sein

gurren

knutschen

kosen

kriechen

lecken

loben

säuseln

schenken

schönreden

schwänzeln

umschmeicheln

Wetter

sich anschmiegen

zureden

schön tun

durch Schmeicheleien bewegen

süße Worte machen

schleimen

mit der Zunge reinigen

Kreide fressen

jemandem schmeicheln

Nettigkeiten sagen

abbetteln

nette Dinge sagen

agitieren

anbiedern

aufhetzen

beschenken

beschwatzen

betören

beweihräuchern

einen Kotau machen

einschmeicheln

ergötzen

flacher

Translations

adulare

flatter

adular

vleien

lusingare

lisonjear

afalagar

halagar

aduler

adular

lisonjear

pohpohlamak

adular

amadouer

bajular

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

fladiere

Basel-Landschaft

flattiere

Basel-Landschaft

kyyderle

Basel-Landschaft

kiechle

Basel-Landschaft

kienzle

Basel-Landschaft

lägge

St. Gallen

hööfala

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃmaɪ̯çəln/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: smeicheln

Inherited from Old High German: *smeihhalōn

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: smekelje

Cognate with Dutch: smeken

Cognate with Old English: smācian

Cognate with English: smicker

Cognate with Polish: smagły

Cognate with Latin: macula

In summary

From Middle High German smeicheln, smeichelen, of uncertain origin. Possibly an iterative of Middle High German smeichen; or alternatively from Old High German *smeihhalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *smaikulōn (“to caress, flatter, stroke”), an iterative of Proto-West Germanic *smaikōn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smē(y)g- / *smī̌g-, a guttural extension of Proto-Indo-European *smē- / *smēy- (“to smear, wipe over”). Equivalent to schmeichen + -eln. Cognate with German Low German smeicheln (“to coax, flatter”), Saterland Frisian smekelje (“to flatter”). Related also to Dutch smeken (“to beg, implore”), Old English smācian (“to stroke, caress, pat”), English smicker, as well as Polish smagły (“swarthy”) and perhaps Latin macula (“a spot”).