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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishame English
- beshame English
- cover-shame English
- fat-shame English
- forshame English
- kinkshame English
- outshame English
- shamable English
- shame English
- shameable English
- shamee English
- shamefaced English
- shamefast English
- shameful English
- shameless English
- shamelike English
- shameproof English
- shamer English
- shamesome English
- shamest English
- shameth English
- shameworthy English
- Behaarung German
- Entzündung German
- Fremdscham German
- Gefühl German
- Haar German
- Hügel German
- Röte German
- Schambehaarung German
- Schamentzündung German
- Schamgefühl German
- Schamhaar German
- Schamhügel German
- Schamlosigkeit German
- Schamröte German
- fremd German
- fremdschämen German
- schamhaft German
- schamlos German
- schämen German
- plaatsvervangende schaamte Dutch, Flemish
- schaamte Dutch, Flemish
- schaamtecultuur Dutch, Flemish
- schaamteloos Dutch, Flemish
- schamen Dutch, Flemish
- vliegschaamte Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kēt- Proto-Indo-European
- *skamō Proto-Germanic
- scamu Old English
- sċamu Old English
- schame Middle English
- skǫmm Old Norse
- skam Danish
- skamfuld Danish
- schaemde Middle Dutch
- scama Old High German
- shamo Ido
- skaamte Afrikaans
- skomm Faroese
- schame Middle High German
- schamen Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- skama Old Saxon
- skábma Northern Sami
- Schaam Low German
- skam Old Danish
- shem Chinook Jargon