Scheiße
English edit
Noun edit
Scheiße (uncountable)
- Alternative form of scheisse
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Scheisse (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
- Sch**ße, Sch**sse (censored)
- Scheiß
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Scheiße f (genitive Scheiße, no plural)
- (vulgar) feces, shit
- (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!
- (vulgar) nothing, jack shit, fuck all
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of Scheiße [sg-only, feminine]
Quotations edit
- 2018, Hans-Peter Ackermann, Engelskinder, page 116:
- „Verdammt, Scheiße!“, fluchte Glaubner und [...]
- "Damn, shit!", swore Glaubner and [...]