Ausschuss

See also: Ausschuß

German

Alternative forms

Ausschuß (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German ūȥschuȥ, synchronically analyzed as a deverbal from ausschießen (“to stand out”); see aus- (“out-”) +‎ schießen (“to shoot”) for more.

Compare typologically Latin ēiectāmenta (< ēiectō), Russian отбро́сы (otbrósy) (< отбро́сить (otbrósitʹ)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯s.ˌʃʊs/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Ausschuss m (strong, genitive Ausschusses, plural Ausschüsse)

board, committee
damaged, unsaleable products; reject, waste, scrap
exit wound

Declension

Declension of Ausschuss [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ausschuss	die	Ausschüsse
genitive	eines	des	Ausschusses	der	Ausschüsse
dative	einem	dem	Ausschuss, Ausschusse¹	den	Ausschüssen
accusative	einen	den	Ausschuss	die	Ausschüsse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

(committee): Gremium, Komitee, Kommission

Hyponyms

Bauausschuss (“building committee”)
Begutachtungsausschuss
Bundeswahlausschuss (“Federal Electoral Committee”)
Finanzausschuss (“finance committee, financial committee”)
Geheimdienstausschuss (“intelligence committee”)
Haushaltsausschuss (“budget committee”)
Justizausschuss (“justice committee, judiciary committee”)
Lenkungsausschuss (“steering committee”)
Parlamentsausschuss (“parliamentary committee”)
Parteiausschuss (“steering committee of a party”)
Sonderausschuss
Unterausschuss
Untersuchungsausschuss (U-Ausschuss)
Verteidigungsausschuss (“national defense committee”)