scheißen

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See also: scheissen and schéissen

German

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Etymology

From Old High German schīzen, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (to part with, separate, cut off). Compare Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, and English (verb) shit, Danish skide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯sn̩/, /ˈʃaɪ̯sən/
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  • Hyphenation: schei‧ßen

Verb

scheißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present scheißt, past tense schiss, past participle geschissen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (vulgar) to shit
    Ich scheiß' mir gleich in die Hose!
    I'm about to shit my trousers!

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Further reading

  • scheißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • scheißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • scheißen” in Duden online
  • scheißen” in OpenThesaurus.de