Schuss

== German == === Alternative forms === Schuß (superseded spelling) === Etymology === From Middle High German schuz, from Old High German scuz, from Proto-West Germanic *skuti; whence English shoot and skeet.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 === IPA(key): /ʃʊs/ Rhymes: -ʊs === Noun === Schuss m (strong, genitive Schusses, plural Schüsse, diminutive Schüsschen n) shot (singular only) ammunition (colloquial) (mild) craziness Synonym: Knall einen Schuss haben ― to be round the bend (colloquial, dated) (sexually) attractive person, usually female (colloquial) narcotic injection (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 ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: schuss → French: schuss → Kashubian: sus → Serbo-Croatian: šȕs === Further reading === “Schuss”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Schuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schuss” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃus/ Rhymes: -us Syllabification: Schuss === Noun === Schuss m (plural Schiss) shot === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schuss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch