schiessen
German, verb
schiessen is spelled S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,521st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiessen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of schießen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schiessen is a different word: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Schießen”.
What does schiessen mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of schießen
noun
- 1
SwitzerlandneuterSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Schießen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of schiessen
- schiesst present singular third-person
- schoss past
- geschossen participle past
- schösse past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schiessend participle present
- schiesse first-person indicative present
- schiessest second-person singular subjunctive
- schiesset plural second-person subjunctive
- schossen first-person indicative plural
- schössen first-person formal plural
- schossest indicative preterite second-person
- schosst indicative preterite second-person
- schössest formal rare second-person
- schösst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schiessen in German?
schiessen appears 23 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).