Geschoss

From Middle High German geschoz, Old High German giscoz, derivation of the equivalent of schießen.

• Geschoß, Geschooß (lengthened in Upper German)
• Geschoß (Adelungsche s-Schreibung)

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃɔs/

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

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).

• Untergeschoss
• Erdgeschoss
• Obergeschoss
• Dachgeschoss

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