Geschoss

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German geschoȥ, Old High German giscoȥ, derivation of the equivalent of schießen (“to shoot”), i.e. "that which is shot (a projectile)". The "floor, story" sense follows a semantic development "to shoot" > "to shoot up, go up quickly in height" > "levels of height" > "floor, story". ==== Alternative forms ==== Geschoß (lengthened in Upper German, thus also standard spelling in Austrian Standard German) Geschoß (Adelungsche s-Schreibung) Geschooß (obsolete spelling of the lengthened form) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃɔs/ Rhymes: -ɔs IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃoːs/ (sometimes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, cf. Austrian Geschoß) Rhymes: -oːs ==== Noun ==== Geschoss n (strong, genitive Geschosses, plural Geschosse) projectile Synonym: Projektil storey, floor Synonyms: Stockwerk, Stock, Ebene, Etage ===== Usage notes ===== The spelling Geschoss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Austrian Standard German the spelling with ß is retained because of the lengthened vowel. ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== geschossartig ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ge- +‎ Schoss m, the latter being something shot (√ schießen) and later also something zugeschossen according to modern terminology and hence this tax. ==== Alternative forms ==== Geschoß (pre-1996) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃɔs/ ==== Noun ==== Geschoss m (strong, genitive Geschosses, plural Geschosse) (historical) a kind of tax paid by landowners or cities for protection by their sovereign ===== Declension ===== === References === === Further reading === “Geschoss” in Duden online “Geschoss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Geschoß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891