smak
Dutch
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin. See also German schmatzen, English smack, and smash.
Pronunciation
    
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑk
 
References
    
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
 
Middle English
    
    
Etymology
    
Inherited from Old English smæc, smæċċ, from Proto-West Germanic *smakk, *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz. Some forms are influenced by smacchen.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /smak/, /smatʃ/
 
Noun
    
smak
References
    
- “smak(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
 
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Middle Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, smack”).
Noun
    
smak m (definite singular smaken, indefinite plural smaker, definite plural smakene)
- taste (both in food and fashion)
 
Related terms
    
References
    
- “smak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
 
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology
    
From Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, smack”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /smɑːk/
 
Noun
    
smak m (definite singular smaken, indefinite plural smakar, definite plural smakane)
- taste (both in food and fashion)
- Eg likar smaken av mango.
- I like the taste of mango.
 
 - Han har god smak i musikk.
- He has good taste in music.
 
 
 
Derived terms
    
References
    
- “smak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
 
Polish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /smak/
 Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ak
 - Syllabification: smak
 
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
Serbo-Croatian
    
    
Swedish
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Old Swedish smaker, from Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.
Pronunciation
    
audio (file) 
Noun
    
smak c
- taste (how something tastes)
- en krämig sås med smak av citron
- a creamy sauce with a taste of lemon
 
 
 - (in the definite) the sense of taste, gustation
- Synonym: smaksinne
 
 - taste (preferences, etc.)
- Den var inte i hans smak
- It wasn't to his taste
 
 - tycke och smak
- opinions and taste (something subjective – idiomatic)
 
 
 
Declension
    
| Declension of smak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | smak | smaken | smaker | smakerna | 
| Genitive | smaks | smakens | smakers | smakernas | 
Derived terms
    
- avsmak
 - eftersmak
 - finsmakare
 - mersmak
 - smaken är som baken (“there's no accounting for taste”)
 - smakfull (“tasteful”)
 - smaklig
 - smaklös (“tasteless”)
 - smakprov
 - smaksinne (“sense of taste, gustation”)
 
Related terms
    
References
    
- smak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
 - smak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
 - smak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
 - smak in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
 





