smaak

/ smɑːk /

verb

1. slang.
   tr to like, love, or be keen on (someone or something)

Word History and Origins

Origin of smaak¹

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Expert sculptors of smoothed-out digital soul, as heard on their 2016 album “Juicy Fruit,” the three Dutch producers who make up Kraak & Smaak are also skilled club D.J.’s.

From New York Times

This type of retro throwback is nothing new: Every few years, a new act rediscovers funk and soul with similar hype-building success, from Junior Senior and Kraak and Smaak to Mayer Hawthorne and Alabama Shakes.

From Washington Post

For most of the 2000s he was quiet, and only lately did he pop back up, collaborating with Kevin McKay, Kraak & Smaak and others, and working on songs with Boys Noize and MikeQ at the time of his death.

From New York Times

“Ik bedoel dat vele artikelen zijn kostbaar—of kostelijk—mijns bedunkens—in Holland—maar van onberispelijke smaak.”

From Project Gutenberg