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Schiss

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See also: schiss and Schiß

German

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Etymology

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Deverbal from scheißen. Compare German Low German Scheet (shit, fart), Saterland Frisian Schäät, Skäät (shit, fart), English shit.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɪs/
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Noun

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Schiss m (strong, genitive Schisses, plural Schisse)

  1. (vulgar) shitting, defecation
  2. (vulgar) shit, feces
  3. (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

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  • 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.

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Noun

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Schiss m

  1. plural of Schuss