abschiessen
German, verb
abschiessen is spelled A-B-S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschiessen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of abschießen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschiessen is a different word: “gerund of abschiessen”.
What does abschiessen mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of abschießen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschiessen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of abschiessen
- schiesst ab present singular third-person
- schoss ab past
- abgeschossen participle past
- schösse ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abschiessend participle present
- abzuschiessen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schiesse ab first-person indicative present
- schiessen ab first-person indicative plural
- schiessest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schiesset ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schossen ab first-person indicative plural
- schössen ab first-person formal plural
- schossest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schosst ab indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abschiessen in German?
abschiessen appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).