Scheiße

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See also: scheisse, Scheisse, and scheiße

English

Noun

Scheiße (uncountable)

  1. 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

Alternative forms

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. Low German cognates sometimes used in standard German are Schiet and Schitte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯sə/
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Noun

Scheiße f (genitive Scheiße, no plural)

  1. (vulgar) feces, shit
    Synonyms: Exkrement, Kacke, Kot, Stuhl, Scheiß
    Wo ich hintrete nur Scheiße!
    Where I go, there is only shit!
  2. (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!
  3. (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

Declension of Scheiße
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Scheiße
genitive einer der Scheiße
dative einer der Scheiße
accusative eine die Scheiße

Quotations

  • 2018, Hans-Peter Ackermann, Engelskinder, page 116:
    „Verdammt, Scheiße!“, fluchte Glaubner und [...]
    "Damn, shit!", swore Glaubner and

Related terms

Further reading

  • “Scheiße” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Scheiße” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Scheiße” in Duden online
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