Schiss
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDeverbal from scheißen. Compare German Low German Scheet (“shit, fart”), Saterland Frisian Schäät, Skäät (“shit, fart”), English shit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchiss m (strong, genitive Schisses, plural Schisse)
- (vulgar) shitting, defecation
- (vulgar) shit, feces
- (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
edit- 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
editDeclension of Schiss [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Schiss” in Duden online
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editSchiss m
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