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English
Noun
Scheiße (uncountable)
- Alternative form of scheisse
2003 June 18, pas de deux, “Re: Occupation of Latvia”, in soc.culture.baltics (Usenet):What a nasty piece of Scheiße he is.
2005 March 14, Steven, “Re: Concorde tickets on sale”, in alt.airports.uk.edinburgh (Usenet):What a pile of Scheiße.
2014 November 20, SCI trolls ARE fatherless humiliated Homo-Sexuals, “Re: gelukszoekers gaan naar pieter baan centrum”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):Your mudder and revd's rectum, heinrich, you asperger piece of Scheiße
German
Etymology
From Middle High German schīze, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to part”).
Germanic cognates include English shit, Low German Schiet, Dutch schijt, West Frisian skyt, Swedish skit. Standard High German terms derived from Low German are Schiet and Schitte.
Pronunciation
Noun
Scheiße f (genitive Scheiße, no plural)
- (vulgar) feces, shit
- Synonyms: Exkrement, Kacke, Kot, Stuhl, Scheiß
Wo ich hintrete nur Scheiße!- Where I go, there is only shit!
- (vulgar, figuratively) something worthless, shit
Das ist doch alles Scheiße!- It's a load of crap! / It's a waste of time! / This is so fucked up! / This is bullshit!
- (vulgar) nothing, jack shit, fuck all
Usage notes
While a direct cognate with shit in English, Scheiße can be used as a catch-all term for all forms of vulgarity and swear words in German.
Declension
Quotations
2018, Hans-Peter Ackermann, Engelskinder, page 116:„Verdammt, Scheiße!“, fluchte Glaubner und [...]- "Damn, shit!", swore Glaubner and
Further reading
- “Scheiße” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Scheiße” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Scheiße” in Duden online