Abschuss
German, noun/ˈapˌʃʊs/
Abschuss is spelled A-B-S-C-H-U-S-S (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschuss is a German masculine noun meaning “launch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Tötung (von Tieren) durch eine Waffe die Anzahl und Art dieser Tötungen”.
What does Abschuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaunch
- 2
masculinefiring
- 3
masculineshootdown
- 4
masculineobsoletesteep slope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Tötung (von Tieren) durch eine Waffe die Anzahl und Art dieser Tötungen 2. Zerstörung von Flugzeugen oder Flugkörpern durch Waffen 3. Starten einer Rakete oder anderer Flugkörper von einer Abschusseinrichtung aus 4. steiler Abhang
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Abschuss
- Abschusses genitive
- Abschüsse plural
- Abschusse dative singular
- Abschüssen dative definite plural
- Abschuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abschuss?
- /ˈapˌʃʊs/
- [ˈapˌʃʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abschuss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abschuss in German?
Abschuss appears 2.6 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).