Schuss
German (Berlin)
/ʃʊs/
noun
Definitions
- shot
- (colloquial) mild craziness
- (colloquial) (sexually) attractive person, usually female
- (colloquial) a narcotic injection
- (skiing) a straight run downhill
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German scuz derived from Proto-Germanic *skutiz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skutiz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- schuss English
- Genick German
- Genickschuss German
- Gewehr German
- Gewehrschuss German
- Gnade German
- Gnadenschuss German
- Hexe German
- Hexenschuss German
- Neutronenüberschuss German
- Schusswaffe German
- Schusswechsel German
- Start German
- Startschuss German
- Waffe German
- Wechsel German
- bereit German
- fertig German
- fest German
- schussbereit German
- schussfertig German
- schussfest German
- Überschuss German
- scheut Dutch, Flemish
- schimpscheut Dutch, Flemish
- sojascheut Dutch, Flemish
- overskudd Norwegian Bokmål
- *skutiz Proto-Germanic
- scyte Old English
- skutr Old Norse
- sjúss Icelandic
- skutur Icelandic
- schote Middle Dutch
- scoz Old High German
- scuz Old High German
- Schoss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שאָס Yiddish
- *skuti Old Dutch