Schuss
German
Alternative forms
- Schuß (superseded spelling)
Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German scuz, from Proto-West Germanic *skuti, whence English shoot and skeet.
Cognate with Dutch scheut, Old English scyte, Icelandic skutur. Related to schießen and Schoß.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schuss m (strong, genitive Schusses, plural Schüsse, diminutive Schüsschen n)
- shot
- (singular only) ammunition
- 2022 July 25, “Ukraine-Krieg: Kiew erhält erste drei Gepard-Luftabwehrpanzer aus Deutschland”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- »Heute sind offiziell die ersten drei Geparde eingetroffen«, sagte Verteidigungsminister Olexij Resnikow am Montag im ukrainischen Fernsehen. Dazu seien auch mehrere Zehntausend Schuss übergeben worden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) mild craziness
- einen Schuss haben ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (colloquial, dated) (sexually) attractive person, usually female
- (colloquial) narcotic injection
- 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, published 2011, →ISBN, page 119:
- Und ich passte immer auf, dass ich immer genug H für den Schuss am nächsten Morgen aufbewahrte.
- And I always made sure I always saved enough H for next morning's shot.
- (skiing) schuss (straight run downhill)
- (alcoholic beverages, cooking) dash (small quantity of a liquid)
- Cola mit einem Schuss Rum ― coke with a dash of rum
Declension
Declension of Schuss [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
- Blattschuss (“chest shot”) (hunting)
- Bogenschuss (“bowshot”)
- Bolzenschuss (“captive bolt”)
- Fangschuss (“coup de grâce”) (hunting)
- Fehlschuss
- Flachschuss (“low shot”)
- Genickschuss (“shot in the back of the head”)
- Gewehrschuss (“gunshot, rifle shot”)
- Gnadenschuss (“coup de grâce”)
- Kopfschuss (“head shot, shot in the head”)
- Meisterschuss (“excellent shot”)
- Pfeilschuss (“arrow shot”)
- Pistolenschuss (“pistol shot”)
- Präzisionsschuss
- Rückenschuss (“snapshot”)
- Schnappschuss (“snapshot”)
- Startschuss
- Steckschuss (“bullet lodged in the body”)
- Streifschuss (“graze shot, bullet graze”)
- Torschuss (“shot on goal”)
- Weitschuss (“long-range shot”)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Schuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schuss” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Schuss m (plural Schiss)
Further reading
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