schuim
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxœy̯m/
noun
Definitions
- foam, froth
- (uncountable) a type of spongy sweets, made of albumen and sugar as a countable object always diminutive
- scum, rabble, crooks
- impurity, flaw, especially in (molten) metal
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch schuum inherited from Old Dutch *skūm inherited from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (foam, froth).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skūmaz
Gloss
foam, froth
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberscum English
- descum English
- offscum English
- savescum English
- scum English
- scum-ridden English
- scumbag English
- scumball English
- scumbreath English
- scumbucket English
- scumbutt English
- scumface English
- scumfuck English
- scumhead English
- scumhole English
- scumless English
- scumlike English
- scumlord English
- scummer English
- scumming English
- scummy English
- scumshit English
- scumsucker English
- scumsucking English
- scumwad English
- scumware English
- startscum English
- scuma Latin
- spūma Latin
- Abschaum German
- Meerschaum German
- Nanoschaum German
- Schaum German
- Schaumbildung German
- Schaumblase German
- Schaumgummi German
- Schaumkrone German
- Schaumkunststoff German
- Schaumstoff German
- Schaumwein German
- afschuimen Dutch, Flemish
- feest Dutch, Flemish
- kop Dutch, Flemish
- kraag Dutch, Flemish
- party Dutch, Flemish
- rubber Dutch, Flemish
- schuimen Dutch, Flemish
- schuimfeest Dutch, Flemish
- schuimkop Dutch, Flemish
- schuimkraag Dutch, Flemish
- schuimparty Dutch, Flemish
- schuimrubber Dutch, Flemish
- schuimspaan Dutch, Flemish
- schuimtaal Dutch, Flemish
- schuimwijn Dutch, Flemish
- taal Dutch, Flemish
- wijn Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeeschuim Dutch, Flemish
- zeeschuimer Dutch, Flemish
- écume French
- *skew- Proto-Indo-European
- *skūmaz Proto-Germanic
- scum Middle English
- *skúm Old Norse
- flødeskum Danish
- skum Danish
- skumbad Danish
- schumen Middle Dutch
- schuum Middle Dutch
- schūme Middle Dutch
- schūme, schume Middle Dutch
- sêeschuum Middle Dutch
- scūm Old High German
- schūm Middle High German
- Schaum Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *skūm Old Dutch
- schūm Middle Low German
- *skūm Old Saxon
- *skūm Frankish
- schome Walloon
- skuma Sranan Tongo