Scissors: the two-bladed tool for cutting paper, fabric or hair.
The two-bladed tool for cutting paper, fabric or hair.
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See how the word “Schere” is used in sentences
Gib mir bitte die Schere. — Pass me the scissors, please.
Die Schere schneidet den Stoff sauber. — The scissors cut the fabric cleanly.
Eine Schere gehört nicht in die Hand eines Kleinkinds. — Scissors don't belong in a toddler's hands.
Ich hab den Ball verloren — Schere. — I lost the ball — my bad.
Schere, das war komplett mein Fehler. — My bad, that one was entirely on me.
Er hebt die Schere, statt die Lags zu beschuldigen. — He owns his mistake instead of blaming the lag.
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Download the app for free German vocabulary testA Schere is a pair of scissors, and the slang grew straight out of a gesture: «Schere heben», raising the scissors, works like raising your hand for your own foul in football. It marks the mistake as yours.
It came out of Twitch streams and spread beyond gaming — an ironic apology for something small, in chat or out loud, often reduced to the ✂️ emoji alone.
A third use is newspaper German: «die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich», the gap between rich and poor — literally the scissors opening up.
The slang sense is the exact opposite move to skill issue, which pins the blame on the other person.
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