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schmeißen

[ˈʃmaɪ̯sən]

verb

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. to throw; to fling; to hurl
  2. to drop accidentally
  3. to manage; to organize; to run
  4. to flub (a scene), to corpse
Examples

Er schmiss seine Tasche aufs Bett.

He flung his bag on the bed.

Pronunciationˈʃmaɪ̯sən

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis is a very common informal verb that replaces 'werfen' in colloquial speech.

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: adapted from English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors) via kaikki.org (Wiktextract), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.