Scham

See also: schäm

German

Alternative forms

Schaam (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaːm/
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Rhymes: -aːm
Homophone: Charme (some speakers)

Noun

Scham f (genitive Scham, no plural)

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)
bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
(dated, except in compounds) pubic region including the genitals
(dated) vulva

Declension

Declension of Scham [sg-only, feminine]

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

Derived terms

Schambein
Schambereich
Schamentzündung
schamhaft
schamlos
beschämen
Beschämung

Related terms

schämen

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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