goldener Schuss
German
Alternative forms
- Goldener Schuss
Etymology
Perhaps from the 1960s German TV game show of the same name (see The Golden Shot).
Noun
goldener Schuss m (strong, definite nominative der goldene Schuss, genitive (des) goldenen Schusses, no plural)
- (slang, euphemistic) overdose (lethal injection of drugs, especially heroin)
- 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], published 2011, →ISBN, page 216:
- Ich dachte, das kann doch nicht wahr sein, dass Atze sich den Goldenen Schuss gesetzt hat. Ausgerechnet Atze, der so cool mit dem Dope umging.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare, informal) windfall
- (sports) decisive goal shot
Declension
Declension of goldener Schuss [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| masculine gender | strong declension | |
| nominative | goldener Schuss | |
| genitive | goldenen Schusses | |
| dative | goldenem Schuss, goldenem Schusse1 | |
| accusative | goldenen Schuss | |
| weak declension | ||
| nominative | der | goldene Schuss |
| genitive | des | goldenen Schusses |
| dative | dem | goldenen Schuss, goldenen Schusse1 |
| accusative | den | goldenen Schuss |
| mixed declension | ||
| nominative | ein | goldener Schuss |
| genitive | eines | goldenen Schusses |
| dative | einem | goldenen Schuss, goldenen Schusse1 |
| accusative | einen | goldenen Schuss |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
- “goldener Schuss” in Duden online
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