Scharmützel

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian scaramuccia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃaʁˈmʏt͡sl̩/

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Noun

Scharmützel n (genitive Scharmützels, plural Scharmützel)

1. (military or figuratively) skirmish

Derived terms

• scharmützeln

Further reading

• Scharmützel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Scharmützel” in Duden online