scheisse

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A form of scheisse

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

scheisse1

nounscheisse (uncountable)

alternative Scheiss · alternative Scheisse · alternative Scheiße · alternative scheiss · alternative scheiße · alternative shize

  1. euphemisticuncountableEuphemistic form of shit.

    What is all this double-spaced scheisse?

    2015 May 12, Scott Lurndal, “Re: boolean string function to determine if the parentheses are balanced”, in comp.lang.c++ (Usenet)
    3 more examples

    Your fathers beat the scheisse out of our fathers with their DDi.ch Va^.n and Da^n Va^.n.

    1996 December 3, El Chino The Great, “Re: Viet Kieu Chong Cong can biet”, in soc.culture.vietnamese (Usenet)

    Enjoying your walk in Polyglot Park? Watch out for the scheisse!

    1997 February 3, Riffster, “Re: Djorkaeff's The Man”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet)

    They would say that it is the return of the old Jim Crow laws or some scheisse (highly technical term) like that.

    1997 December 16, Tommy Gehring, “Re: WI there's TRUE racial equality?”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet)
interjection

alternative Scheiss · alternative Scheisse · alternative Scheiße · alternative scheiss · alternative scheiße · alternative shize

  1. euphemisticEuphemistic form of shit.

    Oh, scheisse. Talk about some people with idle hands.

    2003 January 30, Noelle, “Re: Idle hands: Baby naming poll”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    Oh, scheisse! And it turned up in the Guardian within the last fortnight, too, IIRC.

    2004 July 2, Dr Ivan D. Reid, “Clue that raises a smile”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet)

    When will they play Chilliwack? Oh scheisse, when will they play Clamwater®?

    2004 August 4, Gerry Armstrong, “Re: Moonchild - Parsons & Hubbard Off Off Broadway”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

Scheisse2

nounScheisse (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of scheisse.

    Our local libraries are really Scheisse, the few books I can get are costly or rare.

    2007 March 11, Darkstar, “Re: How does Armenian fit into the Indo-European family?”, in sci.lang (Usenet)
    1 more example

    I think that the Scheisse you're smelling must be that account of flaming crematory chimnies, Jewish soap or sadistic Hitler Youth sitting nearby or perhaps you're just smelling yourself?

    2001 January 26, Sahib3, “Re: Holocaust: Only for the chosen few?”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet)
interjection
  1. Alternative letter-case form of scheisse.

    Oh Scheisse!!

    1999 November 15, Fred Biedermann, “Re: My 200th Coaster!!”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    'Oh Scheisse! How many?'

    2010, Anthony Underhill, The Killing Strip, page 173

    "Oh Scheisse," he said. "Look at that nasty scuffmark."

    2010, R. H. Dickinson, KIDON, page 173

Origin

  1. GermanScheiße
  2. Englishscheisse

Borrowed from German Scheiße. Doublet of shit.

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Cite this entry
APA

scheisse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheisse

MLA

“scheisse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheisse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scheisse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheisse.

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