Ausschuss

See also: Ausschuß

German

Alternative forms

• Ausschuß (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German ūʒschuʒ.

Deverbal from ausschießen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯sˌʃʊs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Ausschuss m (genitive Ausschusses, plural Ausschüsse)

1. board, committee, caucus
2. damaged, unsaleable products; reject, waste, scrap
3. exit wound

Synonyms

• (committee): Gremium, Komitee, Kommission

Hyponyms

• Bauausschuss (“building committee”)
• Finanzausschuss (“finance committee ,financial committee”)
• Geheimdienstausschuss (“intelligence committee”)
• Haushaltsausschuss (“budget committee”)
• Justizausschuss (“justice committee, judiciary committee”)
• Lenkungsausschuss (“steering committee”)
• Parlamentsausschuss (“parliamentary committee”)
• Parteiausschuss (“steering committee of a party”)
• Untersuchungsausschuss (U-Ausschuss)
• Verteidigungsausschuss (“national defense committee”)

Related terms

• Ausschluss
• Schuss
• schießen

Further reading

• “Ausschuss” in Duden online