schmeißen

== German == === Alternative forms === schmeissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein; often also Luxembourg, South Tyrol) === Etymology === From Middle High German smīzen, from Old High German smīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd-. Cognate with Dutch smijten, Low German smieten, English smite, Danish smide, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmaɪ̯sən/, [ˈʃmäɪ̯sn̩] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈʃmɑɛ̯sɛn/, [ˈʃmɑɛ̯sn̩] (Austria) Hyphenation: schmei‧ßen === Verb === schmeißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schmeißt, past tense schmiss, past participle geschmissen, auxiliary haben) (informal) (transitive or intransitive, often figurative) to throw; to fling; to hurl [with accusative or mit (+ dative) ‘something’, along with auf (+ accusative) ‘onto/at someone/something’ or in (+ accusative) ‘into someone/something’] die Schule schmeißen ― to drop out of school Er schmiss seine Tasche aufs Bett. ― He flung his bag on the bed. Schmeiß das in den Mülleimer! ― Throw that in the trashcan! (transitive, informal) to drop accidentally (transitive, colloquial) to manage; to organize; to run (transitive, theater) to flub (a scene), to corpse eine Szene schmeißen ― to flub a scene (transitive, colloquial) to pay for (a round of drinks) eine Runde schmeißen ― to pay a round (transitive, slang) synonym of einschmeißen; to swallow (drugs) (intransitive, obsolete or hunting, chiefly of animals) to defecate ==== Usage notes ==== All usage of this verb is considered informal to some degree. There are more colloquial expressions using it, ranging from the figurative to the idiomatic, than are listed here, so the above meanings should be regarded as a representative sample. ==== Conjugation ==== Until 1996, the past-tense forms schmiss, schmisst were spelt schmiß, schmißt. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Pannonian Rusyn: шмайзнуц (šmajznuc) === Further reading === “schmeißen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “schmeißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schmeißen (werfen, aufgeben, anziehen)” in Duden online “schmeißen (aussscheiden)” in Duden online “schmeißen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “schmeißen” in OpenThesaurus.de