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^[1] (Usenet):

     What a nasty piece of Scheiße he is.

   • 2005 March 14, Steven, “Re: Concorde tickets on sale”, in alt.airports.uk.edinburgh‎^[2] (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^[3] (Usenet):

     Your mudder and revd's rectum, heinrich, you asperger piece of Scheiße

German

Alternative forms

• Scheisse (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
• Sch**ße, Sch**sse (censored)
• Scheiß

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. Standard High German terms derived from Low German are Schiet and Schitte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯sə/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɛ̯sɛ/ (Austria)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯sə

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 [...]

Related terms

• scheiß-
  • scheißkalt
  • Scheißtyp
• scheiße
• scheißekalt
• scheißen
  • anscheißen
  • bescheißen
  • Scheißer
• verscheißern

• Schiet
• Schiss
  • Dünnschiss
  • Schisser
• Schitte

Further reading

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