smag

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German smak, from Old Saxon *smakk, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku. Cognate with Dutch smaak, English smack, German Geschmack.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aː

Noun

smag c (singular definite smagen, plural indefinite smage)

taste (sensory stimuli)
taste (set of preferences)
- 2014, Diverse forfattere, Min barndom i 40’erne, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
  En enkelt forestilling faldt dog slet ikke i min smag.
  A single performance, however, did not fall to my liking at all.
- 2012, Elisabeth Åsbrink, Og træerne står stadig i Wienerwald, Art People, →ISBN:
  Det er et vældig fint navn, lige i min smag, og det passer til mit Mucki pucki, ikke sandt?
  It is a very nice name, just to my liking, and it fits well with my Mucki pucki, no?

Declension

Declension of smag

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smag	smagen	smage	smagene
genitive	smags	smagens	smages	smagenes