Scharmützel

German

Etymology

14th century, from Middle High German scharmützel, diminutive in -el of scharmutz, from Italian scaramuccia and/or Middle French escarmuche, ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *skirmijan, whence German schirmen (“to protect”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃarˈmʏtsəl/, [ʃaʁˈmʏ.t͡sl̩], [ʃa(ɐ̯)-], [-t͡səl]
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Noun

Scharmützel n (strong, genitive Scharmützels, plural Scharmützel)

  1. (military or figuratively) skirmish (small-scale battle)
    Von kleineren Scharmützeln abgesehen wurde die Waffenruhe eingehalten.
    Apart from minor skirmishes, the ceasefire was honoured.

Declension
Declension of Scharmützel [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Scharmützel die Scharmützel
genitive eines des Scharmützels der Scharmützel
dative einem dem Scharmützel den Scharmützeln
accusative ein das Scharmützel die Scharmützel

Derived terms
  • Grenzscharmützel
  • scharmützeln

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