Schuss

See also: schuss and Schuß

German

Alternative forms

• Schuß (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German scuz, from Proto-Germanic *skutiz, from *skeutaną (“to shoot”), whence English shoot and skeet. Cognate with Dutch scheut, Old English scyte, Icelandic skutur. Related to schießen and Schoß.

Deverbal from schießen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

• Audio:

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Noun

Schuss m (genitive Schusses, plural Schüsse, diminutive Schüsschen n)

1. shot
2. (colloquial, with haben) mild craziness
3. (colloquial) (sexually) attractive person, usually female
4. (colloquial) a narcotic injection
5. (skiing) a straight run downhill

Hyponyms

• Blattschuss (“chest shot”) (hunting)
• Bogenschuss (“bowshot”)
• Bolzenschuss (“captive bolt”)
• Fangschuss (“coup de grâce”) (hunting)
• 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”)
• Meisterschuss (“excellent shot”)
• Pfeilschuss (“arrow shot”)
• Pistolenschuss (“pistol shot”)
• Rückenschuss (“snapshot”)
• Schnappschuss (“snapshot”)
• Steckschuss (“bullet lodged in the body”)
• Streifschuss (“graze shot, bullet graze”)
• Torschuss (“shot on goal”)
• Weitschuss (“long-range shot”)

 

Derived terms

• Schreckschuss
• schusssicher
• Schusswaffe
• Schusswechsel
• Überschuss
• Warnschuss

 

Related terms

• schießen
• Abschuss
• Ausschuss
• Beschuss
• Vorschuss
• Zuschuss

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: šȕs

Further reading

• “Schuss” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃus/

Noun

Schuss m (plural Schiss)

1. shot

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary