schießen

• schiessen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃiːsn̩], [ˈʃiːsən]

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• Hyphenation: schie‧ßen

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 [auxiliary haben]

   auf etwas schießen ― to shoot at something

   Salut schießen ― to fire a salute

2. (sports) to kick; to shoot [auxiliary haben]

   ein Tor schießen ― to score (literally, “to shoot a goal”)

   den Ball ins Tor schießen ― to shoot the ball into the goal

3. (photography) to shoot [auxiliary haben]
4. (slang, drugs) to shoot up [auxiliary haben]
5. (intransitive) to dart; to shoot; to rush; to gush [auxiliary sein]

   durch etwas schießen ― to rush through something

   aus etwas schießen ― to gush from something

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