schmurgeln

Meaning

to be fried or baked slowly, making a sizzling sound

Synonyms

braten

brutzeln

rösten

brötscheln

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃmʊʁɡəln/

Etymology

Cognate with German: schmoren

In summary

From Low German smorkeln, smurkeln (“to seethe, sizzle, smoulder”), iterative of smorken (“to smoulder”), derived from smoren (“to burn slowly, to braise”), whence German schmoren, probably through a blend with smoken (“to smoke”) (see Schmauch). Possibly introduced into literary German, and at least popularised, by Wilhelm Busch in his famous Max und Moritz (1865).