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 (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• 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.

Though not appropriate in formal language, Scheiße and related terms are not as taboo as other vulgar words, such as Fotze and those related to ficken.

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