Scheiße
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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 [...]
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