schmoren
German, verb/ˈʃmoːʁən/
schmoren is spelled S-C-H-M-O-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmoren is a German verb meaning “to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fleisch anbraten und dann in einem Topf langsam garen”.
What does schmoren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
Der Braten muss zwei Stunden schmoren.
- 2
to stew, to swelter (remain in a hot or uncomfortable situation without recourse)
jemanden schmoren lassen
- 3
informalto 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)
Bei zu hoher Spannung kann es sein, dass das Kabel anfängt zu schmoren.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fleisch anbraten und dann in einem Topf langsam garen 2. langsam gar werden in einem abgeschlossenen Küchengerät (Topf) 3. eine Zeitlang in einer unerwünschten/unangenehmen Lage sein, warten müssen, noch (lange) nicht erledigt sein 4. sich großer Hitze aussetzen / großer Hitze ausgesetzt sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schmoren
- schmort present singular third-person
- schmorte past
- geschmort participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schmorend participle present
- schmore first-person indicative present
- schmorst indicative present second-person
- schmorest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmoret plural second-person subjunctive
- schmorten first-person indicative plural
- schmortest indicative preterite second-person
- schmortet indicative plural preterite
- schmor imperative second-person singular
- habe geschmort first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschmort first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schmore! imperative singular
- schmort! imperative plural
- geschmort haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmoren?
- /ˈʃmoːʁən/
- [ˈʃmoːʁən]
- [ˈʃmoː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmoren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmoren in German?
schmoren appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).