Beschuss
German, noun/bəˈʃʊs/
Beschuss is spelled B-E-S-C-H-U-S-S (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschuss is a German masculine noun meaning “bombardment, fire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang des Schießens (über längere Zeit hindurch) auf jemanden oder etwas”.
What does Beschuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebombardment, fire
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang des Schießens (über längere Zeit hindurch) auf jemanden oder etwas 2. Vorgang, bei dem man Elementarteilchen auf etwas aufprallen lässt 3. das Prüfen von Handfeuerwaffen durch das Abgeben von Schüssen mit verstärkter Ladung
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 Beschuss
- Beschusses genitive
- Beschusse dative singular
- Beschuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beschuss?
- /bəˈʃʊs/
- [bəˈʃʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beschuss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beschuss in German?
Beschuss appears 3.2 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).