Gnadenschuss
German, noun/ˈɡnaːdənˌʃʊs/
Gnadenschuss is spelled G-N-A-D-E-N-S-C-H-U-S-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnadenschuss is a German masculine noun meaning “coup de grâce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schuss, mit dem ein Mensch oder ein Tier getötet wird, um ihm Leiden zu ersparen”.
What does Gnadenschuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoup de grâce
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schuss, mit dem ein Mensch oder ein Tier getötet wird, um ihm Leiden zu ersparen
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 Gnadenschuss
- Gnadenschusses genitive
- Gnadenschüsse plural
- Gnadenschusse dative singular
- Gnadenschüssen dative definite plural
- Gnadenschuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gnadenschuss?
- /ˈɡnaːdənˌʃʊs/
- /ˈɡnaːdŋ̩ˌʃʊs/
- [ˈɡnaːdn̩ˌʃʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gnadenschuss in German?
Gnadenschuss appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).