Ausschuss
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See also: Ausschuß
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ūȥschuȥ, synchronically analyzed as a deverbal from ausschießen (“to stand out”); see aus- (“out-”) + schießen (“to shoot”) for more.
Compare typologically Latin ēiectāmenta (< ēiectō), Russian отбро́сы (otbrósy) (< отбро́сить (otbrósitʹ)).
Pronunciation
Noun
Ausschuss m (strong, genitive Ausschusses, plural Ausschüsse)
Declension
Declension of Ausschuss
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Ausschuss | die | Ausschüsse |
| genitive | eines | des | Ausschusses | der | Ausschüsse |
| dative | einem | dem | Ausschuss, Ausschusse1 | den | Ausschüssen |
| accusative | einen | den | Ausschuss | die | Ausschüsse |
1Now rare, see notes.
Synonyms
- (committee): Gremium, Komitee, Kommission
Hyponyms
- Bauausschuss (“building committee”)
- Begutachtungsausschuss
- Bundeswahlausschuss (“Federal Electoral Committee”)
- Finanzausschuss (“finance committee, financial committee”)
- Geheimdienstausschuss (“intelligence committee”)
- Haushaltsausschuss (“budget committee”)
- Justizausschuss (“justice committee, judiciary committee”)
- Lenkungsausschuss (“steering committee”)
- Parlamentsausschuss (“parliamentary committee”)
- Parteiausschuss (“steering committee of a party”)
- Sonderausschuss
- Unterausschuss
- Untersuchungsausschuss (U-Ausschuss)
- Verteidigungsausschuss (“national defense committee”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “Ausschuss” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Ausschuss” in Duden online
- “Ausschuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ausschuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Ausschuss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
