smelte

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish smælta, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (to melt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsmɛl.d̥ə]

Verb

smelte (past tense smeltede, past participle smeltet)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, literal) to melt
    De to lave mænd smeltede den gyldne ring i det onde bjerg.
    The two short men melted the golden ring in the evil mountain.
  2. (intransitive, transitive, literal, figurative) to disappear, to vanish, to move or to cause to move
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to be overcome with warm and loving emotion
  4. (transitive, literal) to separate by melting

Conjugation

Conjugation of smelte
active passive
present smelter smeltes
past smeltede smeltedes
infinitive smelte smeltes
imperative smelt
participle
present smeltende
past smeltet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund smelten

Derived terms

  • smelte ned
  • smelte om
  • smelte på tungen
  • smelte sammen
  • smelte ud
  • være ved at smelte

Dutch

Verb

smelte

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of smelten

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

smelte

  1. alternative form of smelt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb melte

Verb

smelte (imperative smelt, present tense smelter, passive smeltes, simple past and past participle smelta or smeltet, present participle smeltende)

  1. to melt (change from a solid to a liquid)
  2. to smelt (metal from ore)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

smelte (present tense smeltar or smelter, past tense smelta or smelte, supine and past participle smelta or smelt, present participle smeltande, imperative smelt)

  1. alternative form of smelta