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(thing) by boone (4.9 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Jul 04 2000 at 3:24:01

Shit! in German. Pronouced "shys-suh".

People in Germany don't seem to censor the word like we do here...I borrowed an umbrella once from a German while in Berlin. The umbrella had "Scheißwetter" (Shit weather) written on it. No one freaked out about it.

Listen for it the next time you watch Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

(thing) by Orange Julius (8.9 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Oct 27 2000 at 17:34:23

German word for shit. The best phonetic pronounciation I can come up with is "shyte-za", but with a very soft, almost imperceptible 't' sound. A ß should be pronounced 's', but the long vowel in front of it makes the 't' sound come out. Of course, the cool thing about German is that you can tack on other nouns to the end of it to create new nouns. Like:
  • Scheißkopf - shithead
  • Scheißfleck - shitstain
  • Scheißstock - shitstick
  • Scheißhändler - shitmonger
I've also heard it used as a verb, although I think 'kacken' is more often used for the verb 'to shit', and I think 'auspumpen' (to poop) is ten times funnier. And if you don't take shit from someone, the construction is 'sich nichts gefallen lassen'. I'm not sure why gefallen is used there, but Durchfall is the German word for diarrhea (from the verb 'to fall through'), so maybe that has something to do with it. Maybe a native German speaker can /msg with an explanation...

As an aside, use at your own risk. As they say, this is all just BULLSHIT.


(idea) by piq (1.7 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Dec 01 2000 at 2:33:10

Also the most mispronounced word in the German language. There is NO T sound, the word is pronounced 'shaisss'e,' with the 'a' pronounced like that in cigarette. The 'e' can be silent, btw.

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