German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Schuss
Meaning in English: shot
Example
Plötzlich hörten wir einen Schuss.
Suddenly we heard a shot.
Der, die or das?
Schuss is masculine: der Schuss. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Schuss?
Schuss is number 3,525 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Schuss:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,521der Managermanager
- 3,522möchtestwould like (du form)
- 3,523das Gutachtenexpert report, assessment
- 3,524Interessenteninterested parties, prospective buyers
- 3,525der Schussshot
- 3,526Truppentroops
- 3,527Vereinigtenunited (as in the United States)
- 3,528unterrichtetteaches; taught
- 3,529die Installationinstallation
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,525
- The most common German nouns#1,501
- German B2 vocabulary#765
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#385
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