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Geschoss
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Geschoß
German
Etymology 1
From de gmh geschoȥ, de goh giscoȥ, derivation of the equivalent of de 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".Geschoss
Alternative forms
de Geschoß lengthened in Upper German, thus also standard spelling in Austrian Standard German
de Geschoß Adelungsche s-Schreibung
de Geschooß obsolete spelling of the lengthened form
Pronunciation
de /ɡəˈʃɔs/
de ɔs 2
de De-Geschoss.ogg
de /ɡəˈʃoːs/ sometimes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, cf. Austrian de Geschoß
de oːs 2
Noun
n
projectile
de Projektil
storey, floor
de Stockwerk Stock Ebene Etage
Usage notes
1996 In Austrian Standard German the spelling with ß is retained because of the lengthened vowel.
Declension
n
Hyponyms
de storey, floor Untergeschoss Erdgeschoss Obergeschoss Dachgeschoss Mezzaningeschoss Kellergeschoss
de projectile Bleigeschoss Einheitsgeschoss Flachkopfgeschoss Gummigeschoss Hartkerngeschoss Hohlladungsgeschoss Hohlspitzgeschoss Kupfergeschoss Langgeschoss Mantelgeschoss Stahlgeschoss Sprenggeschoss Teilmantelgeschoss Vollmantelgeschoss Wuchtgeschoss
Derived terms
de geschossartig
Related terms
de storey, floor Geschossanzahl Geschossdecke Geschossfläche Geschosshöhe
de projectile Geschossgewicht Geschosslänge Geschossspitze Geschosstyp Geschosswirkung
Etymology 2
de ge- Schoss m, the latter being something shot (√ de schießen) and later also something de zuschießen zugeschossen according to modern terminology and hence this tax.
Alternative forms
de Geschoß pre-1996
Pronunciation
de /ɡəˈʃɔs/
de De-Geschoss.ogg
Noun
m,Geschosses,Geschosse
de Taxationde historical a kind of tax paid by landowners or cities for protection by their sovereign
Declension
m,Geschosses,Geschosse
References
Further reading
Geschoß