In
German this is the word for
drinking, but used only when the act is done by
animals, however, it has developed into a
slang word for
drinking large amounts of alcohol. This
invokes
vivid imagery. The past tense of the word, besoffen (pronunciation: bizoffen), when used as an adjective, means
piss drunk as in:
"Hey, alta, du bist ja voll besoffen!"
meaning...
"Dude, you're
really fuckin' drunk!
You add the word
scheisse (
shit) to this to make it even more extreme, in which case it becomes scheissbesoffen.
For more interesting and useful German
slang, check out:
Scheisse! The Real German You Were Never Taught in School by Gertrude Besserwisser