Schmollis
German
Alternative forms
- Smollis, Schmolles
Etymology
Perhaps related to Dutch smullen (“to feast”). Improbable is the popular derivation from Latin sīs mihi mollis amīcus (“be my good friend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɔlɪs/
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Noun
Schmollis n (strong, genitive Schmollis, plural Schmollis)
- (archaic university slang) Synonym of Brüderschaft [from 18th c.]
- Schmollis trinken/machen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Ich kam von meiner Herrin Haus”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Da flucht ich den Weibern und reichen Halunken, / Und mischte mir Teufelskraut in den Wein, – / Und hab’ mit dem Tode Smollis getrunken, / Der sprach: Fiduzit, ich heiße Freund Hein!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- schmollieren
See also
- Brüderschaft trinken
- Fiducit
Further reading
- “Schmollis” in Duden online
- “Schmollis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schmollis” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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