English

Noun

Scheiße ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of scheisse
   • 2003 June 18, pas de deux, “Re: Occupation of Latvia”, in soc.culture.baltics, Usenet:

     What a nasty piece of Scheiße he is.

   • 2005 March 14, Steven, “Re: Concorde tickets on sale”, in alt.airports.uk.edinburgh, 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, Usenet:

     Your mudder and revd's rectum, heinrich, you asperger piece of Scheiße

German

Alternative forms

• Scheisse (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Middle High German schīze, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skei-d- ‎(“to part”). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek σχιστός ‎(skhistós) and English ****, German Low German Schiet, Dutch schijt, Frisian skyt, Swedish skit within Germanic. Low German cognates sometimes used in standard German are Schiet and Schitte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯sə/

Noun

Scheiße f ‎(genitive Scheiße, no plural)

1. (vulgar) feces, ****

   Wo ich hintrete nur Scheiße!

2. (vulgar, figuratively) something worthless, ****

   Das ist doch alles Scheiße!

Synonyms

• (feces): Exkrement, Kacke, Kot, Stuhl, Scheiß

Related terms

• anscheißen
• bescheißen
• Dünnschiss
• scheißen
• Scheißer
• scheißfreundlich
• Scheißtyp
• Schiet
• Schiss
• Schisser
• Schitte
• verscheißern

English

Noun

scheiße ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of scheisse
   • 2001 February 5, Rocky Frisco, “Re: Front of Rear Wheel Drive?”, in alt.autos.mini, Usenet:

     With all due respect for your opinion, your comment above is chock full of scheiße, which is, by the way, not the German word for cheese.

   • 2002 February 14, rktectcdm, “Re: Soka in Architecture magazine”, in alt.architecture, Usenet:

     You mean I spent a couple hours reading about this piece-of-scheiße campus and then writing about it, and NOBODY has anything to say?

   • 2004 July 6, Rodger, “Re: Islamofascists: "Krag 'em and bag 'em."”, in soc.culture.israel, Usenet:

     Well, you just made this same argument you Zionist piece of scheiße!!

German

Pronunciation

Verb

scheiße

1. First-person singular present of scheißen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of scheißen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of scheißen.