Polyglot Dictionary

Scham

/ʃaːm/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. shame

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

vergonha

vergonha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "shame."

Practice

1 What does Scham mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er errötete vor ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Scham?

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