Schiss

See also: schiss and Schiß

German

Alternative forms

• Schiß (superseded)

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 [masculine, strong]

	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

• Dünnschiss
• Vogelschiss

 

Related terms

• scheißen
• Schisser

 

Further reading

• “Schiss” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃis/

Noun

Schiss m

1. plural of Schuss