losschießen
[ˈloːsˌʃiːsn̩]
The verdict
“losschießen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Schusswaffe abzufeuern beginnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-losschie-en · losschießen · German
losschießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | losschießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈloːsˌʃiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „losschießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
losschießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈloːsˌʃiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for losschießen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is losschießen, spelled L-O-S-S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Schusswaffe abzufeuern beginnen
- 2(abrupt oder auf Nachfrage) über etwas zu sprechen beginnen
- 3sich (plötzlich) mit großer Geschwindigkeit zu bewegen beginnen
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.