Scheiß

[ʃaɪ̯s]

/[ʃaɪ̯s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Scheiß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sache, Ding, unangenehme Verhaltensweise oder Situation (meist: über die man sich gerade aufregt)

Corpus desk

Index DE-schei · Scheiß · German

Scheiß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for Scheiß
PropertyValue
HeadwordScheiß
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃaɪ̯s]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Scheiß” sits in German frequency

Scheiß falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scheiß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sache, Ding, unangenehme Verhaltensweise oder Situation (meist: über die man sich gerade aufregt)".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Scheiß, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Scheiß, spelled S-C-H-E-I-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sache, Ding, unangenehme Verhaltensweise oder Situation (meist: über die man sich gerade aufregt)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Scheiß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jetzt bin ich voll über den Scheiß hier gestolpert!
  2. Was soll der Scheiß?

This word in other languages

shit(English)mierda(Español)merde(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Scheiß"?
"Scheiß" is spelled S-C-H-E-I-SS. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃaɪ̯s].
What does "Scheiß" mean?
As a noun, "Scheiß" means: Sache, Ding, unangenehme Verhaltensweise oder Situation (meist: über die man sich gerade aufregt)
How do you pronounce "Scheiß"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scheiß" is [ʃaɪ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scheiß" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list