Washington, Apr 4 : Hollywood actor Ben Affleck was left red-faced when he accidentally taught his daughter Violet, 3, to swear in German.

Ben was dinning with his wife Jennifer Garner and their kids - Violet and 3-month-old Seraphina - at a restaurant when his daughter spilt all the food on him, and he unknowingly said "sheisse".

"All the food is coming, spilling towards me. And I go, ''Shhhhh... and I turn it around and say ''sheisse''," Contactmusic quoted Ben, as saying.

After which violet turned to him and asked what is `sheisse', and began repeating the word again and again leaving Ben hiding his face in front of the other diners.

"Why I came up with that word, I don''t know, I have not even been to Germany, but I guess that''s a German swear word in my subconscious.. I thought, ''I''ve averted disaster.'' I look over at her and she says, ''What''s sheisse? Why did you say sheisse?" Ben said.

"I said, ''It''s just a bad word, and we don''t say that.'' As soon as I told her it was a bad word, I was like, ''You idiot.'' So she just goes, sheisse, sheisse, sheisse, sheisse, over and over again. It turned into a total nightmare for me. My daughter''s swearing in German," he added. (ANI)