Feminine

Scheiße

Meaning

  1. (feminine, no-plural, vulgar) feces, shit
  2. (feminine, figuratively, no-plural, vulgar) something worthless, shit
  3. (feminine, no-plural, vulgar) nothing, jack shit, fuck all

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃaɪ̯sə/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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