schmettern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German smetern (“to chatter, rattle”). In several dialects the word also means “to make a smacking sound”, which is perhaps the original meaning. Probably related with English smatter, Swedish smattra, though in all languages the word is attested rather late. Compare also German schnattern. === Pronunciation === === Verb === schmettern (weak, third-person singular present schmettert, past tense schmetterte, past participle geschmettert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to smash (throw violently) (transitive) to yell (something) in a resounding voice, especially in a commanding or sharp tone (transitive) to sing (something) loudly and cheerfully (intransitive, of such yells or songs, etc.) to resound loudly ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schmetterball zerschmettern === Further reading === “schmettern” in Duden online “schmettern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)