Scheit
German, noun/ʃaɪ̯t/
Scheit is spelled S-C-H-E-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheit is a German masculine noun meaning “log, billet, stick (of firewood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Stück gespaltenes Brennholz”.
What does Scheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterlog, billet, stick (of firewood)
Beim Hacken des Brennholzes flogen die Scheite fast bis zum Dach.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Stück gespaltenes Brennholz
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Scheit
- Scheits genitive
- Scheites genitive
- Scheite plural
- Scheiter Austria Southern-Germany Switzerland
- Scheiten dative definite plural
- Scheitern Austria Southern-Germany Switzerland
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scheit?
- /ʃaɪ̯t/
- [ʃaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scheit in German?
Scheit appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).