heilige Scheiße
[ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə ˈʃaɪ̯sə]
The verdict
“heilige Scheiße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausdruck von großem Ärger oder Verwunderung
Corpus desk
Index DE-heilige-schei-e · heilige Scheiße · German
heilige Scheiße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heilige Scheiße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə ˈʃaɪ̯sə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “heilige Scheiße” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
heilige Scheiße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə ˈʃaɪ̯sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausdruck von großem Ärger oder Verwunderung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heilige Scheiße, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heilige Scheiße, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E- -S-C-H-E-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ausdruck von großem Ärger oder Verwunderung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heilige Scheiße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Heilige Scheiße, dachte Graham.“
„›Heilige Scheiße‹, sagt die Frau nach einem langen Schweigen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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