How to Say ‘Screw this!’ in German
Scheiß drauf!
shyss drowf
[shyss drowf]
💬 Usage Tip: [drauf] is a common spoken short form of [darauf]. You'll see the same shortening in phrases like [Ich hab keine Lust drauf].
🇩🇪 In Germany: [Scheiß drauf!] is often said about giving up on a plan or not caring anymore, not only as an insult toward a person.
Phrase Breakdown
Scheiß
[shyss]
screw it / shit on it
Imperative of scheißen in a fixed slang phrase meaning forget it or screw it.
Ach, scheiß drauf, wir gehen trotzdem raus.
Ah, screw it, we're going out anyway.
drauf
[drowf]
on it
Literally on it; together with Scheiß it forms the idiom Scheiß drauf! meaning screw it.
Ach, scheiß drauf, wir gehen trotzdem raus.
Ah, screw it, we're going out anyway.
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