Scheißeimer
[ˈʃaɪ̯sˌʔaɪ̯mɐ]
The verdict
“Scheißeimer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eimer, in den man seinen Darm entleert
Corpus desk
Index DE-schei-eimer · Scheißeimer · German
Scheißeimer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scheißeimer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaɪ̯sˌʔaɪ̯mɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Scheißeimer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Scheißeimer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaɪ̯sˌʔaɪ̯mɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eimer, in den man seinen Darm entleert".
Scheißeimer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Scheißeimer, spelled S-C-H-E-I-S-S-E-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Eimer, in den man seinen Darm entleert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Scheißeimer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Manchmal führten wir einen Moriskentanz auf, nackt um den Stamm eines uralten Mammutbaums herum, dessen Äste behängt waren mit den verdreckten Hängematten und Scheißeimern von körnerfressenden Baumbesetzern, die Fleckenkäuze in den Techniken des passiven Widerstands unterrichteten.“
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.