schießen

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See also: Schießen and schiessen

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German schiezen, from Old High German sciozzan, sciozan, skiozan. Cognate with Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, West Frisian sjitte, English shoot, Danish skyde, Faroese skjóta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
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  • Hyphenation: schie‧ßen

Verb

schießen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schießt, past tense schoss, past participle geschossen, past subjunctive schösse, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to shoot; to fire
    auf etwas schießento shoot at something
    Salut schießento fire a salute
  2. (sports) to kick; to shoot
    ein Tor schießento score (literally, “to shoot a goal”)
    den Ball ins Tor schießento shoot the ball into the goal
  3. (photography) to shoot
  4. (slang, drugs) to shoot up
  5. (intransitive) to dart; to shoot; to rush; to gush
    durch etwas schießento rush through something
    aus etwas schießento gush from something

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Further reading

  • schießen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schießen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schießen” in Duden online
  • schießen” in OpenThesaurus.de