scheißte

Scheißte is the simple past tense form of the German verb scheißen, which means to defecate and, in colloquial use, to “mess up” or to express strong disgust. The form scheißte corresponds to the first- or third-person singular in Präteritum (ich scheißte, er/sie/es scheißte). The verb belongs to vulgar, highly informal language and is typically encountered in speech, certain kinds of literature, music, or humor that aim to evoke a rough, uncensored register. The standard past participle is geschissen, used with have to form the perfect tense (ich habe geschissen), though the perfect is more common in everyday speech for past events than the Präteritum.

In noun form, Scheiße (shit) is a widespread expletive and appears in a variety of compounds and expressions. The use of scheißen and its past forms is considered crude or offensive in many social contexts, so it is usually avoided in formal writing and polite conversation.

Orthography varies by region. In Germany and Austria, the form is typically written with the ß (scheißte) after long vowels or diphthongs; in Switzerland, where the ß is not used, it would be written with ss (scheissste), resulting in a sequence of three s in standard spelling. Because of its vulgar nature, the term is often censored or avoided in public media.

Overall, scheißte functions as a historical or stylistic past tense of a strongly profane verb, with its acceptability depending on context, audience, and register. See also Scheiße and the broader family of expressions derived from scheißen.