Scheiße
EnglishEdit
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Scheisse (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German schīze, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skei-d- (“to part”). Indo-European cognates include English shit, German Low German Schiet, Dutch schijt, Frisian skyt, Swedish skit within Germanic. Low German cognates sometimes used in standard German are Schiet and Schitte.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Scheiße f (genitive Scheiße, no plural)
- (vulgar) feces, shit
- Wo ich hintrete nur Scheiße!
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- (vulgar, figuratively) something worthless, shit
- Das ist doch alles Scheiße!
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SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
- anscheißen
- bescheißen
- Dünnschiss
- scheißen
- Scheißer
- scheißfreundlich
- Scheißtyp
- Schiet
- Schiss
- Schisser
- Schitte
- verscheißern
Further readingEdit
- Scheiße in Duden online