German

Alternative forms

• schmeissen (Swiss Standard German)

Verb

schmeißen ‎(class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present schmeißt, past tense schmiss, past participle geschmissen, past subjunctive schmisse, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to throw; to fling; to hurl; to chuck
2. (transitive, colloquial) to slam; to bang
3. (transitive, colloquial) to manage (something); to handle (something); to deal with (something); to run (something)
4. (intransitive, colloquial, with “mit”) to throw (something around); to squander (something away)

Conjugation

Before 1996, the past tense form was schmiß, but the correct spelling is now schmiss.