smelten

From Middle Dutch smelten, a merger of two Old Dutch [Term?] verbs:

• *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną, a strong intransitive verb.
• *smelten, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną, weak causative of the above.

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smelten

1. (intransitive) to melt

   De boter is gesmolten - The butter has melted.

2. (transitive) to melt

   Ik heb de boter gesmolten - I melted the butter.

• samensmelten
• versmelten

From a merger of two verbs:

• Old Dutch *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną, a strong intransitive verb.
• Old Dutch *smelten, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną, weak causative of the above.

smelten

1. (intransitive) to melt
2. (intransitive) to dissolve (in a liquid)
3. (intransitive) to defecate
4. (transitive) to melt, to make liquid
5. (transitive) to reform (into something else)
6. (transitive) to dissolve (in a liquid)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: smelten
• Limburgish: smöltje

• “smelten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “smelten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929