skämmas

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Swedish

en pingvin som ser ut att skämmas

Etymology

Derived from skämma (“to spoil; to bring shame on; to dishonor”) and skam (“shame”). Identical to Danish skæmmes and Norwegian skjemmes.

Verb

skämmas (present skäms, preterite skämdes, supine skämts, imperative skäms)

  1. (deponent) to feel shame (about something); to be ashamed, to be embarrassed
    När man skäms så känner man skam
    When you are ashamed, you feel shame
    De borde skämmas för vad de gjort
    They ought to be ashamed of what they've done
    Han skämdes för sin bakgrund / utseende
    He was ashamed of his background / appearance
    Skäms du inte?
    Aren't you ashamed? / Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?
    Det är inget att skämmas för
    It's nothing to be ashamed of
  2. passive infinitive of skämma

Conjugation

Conjugation of skämmas (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive — skämmas
Supine — skämts
Imperative — skäms
Imper. plural1 — skämmens
Present Past Present Past
Indicative — — skäms, skämmes skämdes
Ind. plural1 — — skämmas skämdes
Subjunctive2 — — skämmes skämdes
Participles
Present participle skämmandes
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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