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scheißen

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See also: scheissen and schéissen

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schīzen, from Old High German *skīzan (attested as biskīzan), from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (to part with, separate, cut off). Compare Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, and English shit, Danish skide.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯sn̩/, /ˈʃaɪ̯sən/
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  • Hyphenation: schei‧ßen

Verb

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scheißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present scheißt, past tense schiss, past participle geschissen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (vulgar) to shit
    Ich scheiß' mir gleich in die Hose!
    I'm about to shit my trousers!
  2. (vulgar) to be uninterested in; to ignore; to not give a shit about [with auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
    Ich scheiße auf diese Regeln.
    I don't give a shit about these rules.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • scheißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • scheißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • scheißen” in Duden online
  • scheißen” in OpenThesaurus.de