From Middle High German schiech, from Old High German *skioh, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh. Doublet of scheu. Compare Bavarian schiach.
schiech (strong nominative masculine singular schiecher, comparative schiecher, superlative am schiechsten)
The word is common in Bavaria and Austria, but is mostly confined to oral conversation in the local Bavarian dialects, where it would typically be pronounced . Since the word only rarely appears in written form, and the dialectal diphthong very often corresponds to or in the standard language, some speakers hypercorrectly pronounce the word and spell it schirch when using it in the context of Standard German.
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist schiech | sie ist schiech | es ist schiech | sie sind schiech | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schiecher | schieche | schieches | schieche |
| genitive | schiechen | schiecher | schiechen | schiecher | |
| dative | schiechem | schiecher | schiechem | schiechen | |
| accusative | schiechen | schieche | schieches | schieche | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schieche | die schieche | das schieche | die schiechen |
| genitive | des schiechen | der schiechen | des schiechen | der schiechen | |
| dative | dem schiechen | der schiechen | dem schiechen | den schiechen | |
| accusative | den schiechen | die schieche | das schieche | die schiechen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schiecher | eine schieche | ein schieches | (keine) schiechen |
| genitive | eines schiechen | einer schiechen | eines schiechen | (keiner) schiechen | |
| dative | einem schiechen | einer schiechen | einem schiechen | (keinen) schiechen | |
| accusative | einen schiechen | eine schieche | ein schieches | (keine) schiechen | |