Scham

German (Berlin)

/ʃaːm/

noun
Definitions
  • 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 m
  • bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
  • (dated) pubic region including the genitals
  • vulva

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German schame inherited from Old High German scama inherited from Proto-Germanic *skamō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skamō

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