# der Schmiss

der Schmiss is a German noun meaning “dueling scar”. Forms: des Schmisses, die Schmisse.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schmisses
- Plural: die Schmisse

## Meanings

1. a facial scar, chiefly one incurred by Mensur fencing
2. _archaic · colloquial_ synonym of Schwung (“pep, vim, verve, dash, panache”)
3. dueling scar
   - Der Paukant wurde auf Schmiss abgeführt.

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