Geschoss

From Middle High German geschoz, Old High German giscoz, derivation of the equivalent of schießen (“to shoot”), i.e. "that which is shot (a projectile)". The "floor, story" sense follows a semantic development "to shoot" > "to shoot up, go up quickly in height" > "levels of height" > "floor, story".^[1]

• Geschoß (lengthened in Upper German, thus also standard spelling in Austrian Standard German)
• Geschoß (Adelungsche s-Schreibung)
• Geschooß (obsolete spelling of the lengthened form)

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs

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• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃoːs/ (sometimes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
• Rhymes: -oːs

Geschoss n (strong, genitive Geschosses, plural Geschosse)

1. projectile

   Synonym: Projektil

2. storey, floor

   Synonyms: Stockwerk, Stock, Ebene, Etage

• The spelling Geschoss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Austrian Standard German the spelling with ß is retained because of the lengthened vowel.

• geschossartig

ge- +‎ Schoss m, the latter being something shot (√ schießen) and later also something zugeschossen according to modern terminology and hence this tax.

• Geschoß (pre-1996)

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃɔs/

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Geschoss m (strong, genitive Geschosses, plural Geschosse)

1. (historical) a kind of tax paid by landowners or cities for protection by their sovereign

• “Geschoss” in Duden online
• “Geschoss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Geschoß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891