Scham

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German schame, from Old High German scama, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European . Compare Dutch schaamte, English shame, Danish skam.

Pronunciation

Noun

Scham f (genitive Scham, no plural)

  1. shame (uncomfortable feeling at one's own impropriety or at the exposure of something private; but not in the sense of disgrace or being dishonored, for which Schande)
  2. bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
  3. (dated, except in compounds) pubic region including the genitals
  4. (dated) vulva

Declension

Declension of Scham
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Scham
genitive einer der Scham
dative einer der Scham
accusative eine die Scham

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Scham” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Scham” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Scham” in Duden online
  • Scham on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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