Simmer

Etymology 1
From alteration of dialectal simper, from, of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
 * The soup simmered on the stove.
 * 1)  To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
 * Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
 * 1)  To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
 * 2)  To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation.
 * I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.
 * I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: boleti
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: guisar
 * Georgian: გაცხელება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: suanbhruith
 * Italian: sobbollire, cuocere a fuoco lento
 * Japanese:


 * Kabuverdianu: ferbe
 * Korean: 은근히 끓이다
 * Norman: mitonner
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ;
 * Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-bhruich
 * Spanish:, , cocerse a fuego lento
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire mijoter
 * Galician: guisar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: suanbhruith
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kabuverdianu: ferbe
 * Norman: mitonner
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ;
 * Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-bhruich
 * Spanish:, cocer a fuego lento
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  The state or process of simmering.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Greek: σιγοβράσιμο
 * Portuguese: aferventamento


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sjudning

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly .

Usage notes
This contraction is common throughout central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria. It is only occasionally heard in northern Germany.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) summer

Etymology
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1)  summer