Scheiße

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 [sg-only, feminine]
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 [...]

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