Fehlschuss
German, noun/ˈfeːlˌʃʊs/
Fehlschuss is spelled F-E-H-L-S-C-H-U-S-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fehlschuss is a German masculine noun meaning “miss, missed shot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„Schuss, der sein Ziel verfehlt“”.
What does Fehlschuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemiss, missed shot
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „Schuss, der sein Ziel verfehlt“
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 Fehlschuss
- Fehlschusses genitive
- Fehlschüsse plural
- Fehlschusse dative singular
- Fehlschüssen dative definite plural
- Fehlschuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fehlschuss?
- /ˈfeːlˌʃʊs/
- [ˈfeːlˌʃʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fehlschuss in German?
Fehlschuss appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).