Schiss
German, noun
Schiss is spelled S-C-H-I-S-S (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiss is a German masculine noun meaning “shitting, defecation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schiss is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of scheißen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Vorgang des Ausscheidens von Kot”.
What does Schiss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevulgarshitting, defecation
- 2
masculinevulgarshit, feces
- 3
masculinevulgarfear
Hast du etwa Schiss?!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of scheißen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Vorgang des Ausscheidens von Kot 2. ausgeschiedener Kot 3. Angst
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 Schiss
- Schisses genitive
- Schisse plural
- Schissen dative definite plural
- Schiß alternative
- schiß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schiss in German?
Schiss appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).