Schmaus

German

Etymology

Unknown, early 17^th century’s student language. The Etymological Dictionary of the German Language claims a cognate with Dutch smullen (“to eat or drink immoderately, carouse”) and Low German smudderen, smodderen (“to feast”).

Any connection to Schmer (“fat, lard”) is likely folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

Noun

Schmaus m (strong, genitive Schmauses, plural Schmäuse)

1. (dated or humorous) feast of food

Declension

Declension of Schmaus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmaus	die	Schmäuse
genitive	eines	des	Schmauses	der	Schmäuse
dative	einem	dem	Schmaus, Schmause1	den	Schmäusen
accusative	einen	den	Schmaus	die	Schmäuse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Augenschmaus
• Leichenschmaus

Related terms

• schmausen

See also

• Gelage
• Kommers
• Gasterei
• Festessen
• Gastmahl

Further reading

• “Schmaus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Schmaus” in Duden online