Schiss

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See also: schiss and Schiß

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from scheißen. Compare German Low German Scheet (“shit, fart”), Saterland Frisian Schäät, Skäät (“shit, fart”), English shit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪs/
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Noun

Schiss m (strong, genitive Schisses, plural Schisse)

  1. (vulgar) shitting, defecation
  2. (vulgar) shit, feces
  3. (figurative, mildly vulgar) fear
    Hast du etwa Schiss?! ― Are you afraid?!
    • 2000, “Grüne Brille”, in Deluxe Soundsystem, performed by Dynamite Deluxe:
      Alles ist cool, solange ich genügend chille / Gras in Tüten hülle, die Lunge mit Zügen fülle / Die grüne Brille, ohne sie hätt' ich vor'm Leben Schiss
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Usage notes

  • The spelling Schiss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.

Declension

Declension of Schiss
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schiss die Schisse
genitive eines des Schisses der Schisse
dative einem dem Schiss, Schisse1 den Schissen
accusative einen den Schiss die Schisse

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Schiss m

  1. plural of Schuss
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