schäme

See also: schame

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • schämä, schäma

Etymology

From Middle High German schamen, schemen, from Old High German scamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną (to be ashamed), equivalent to Scham (shame) + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃæmə/

Verb

schäme (third-person singular simple present schämt, past participle gschämt, auxiliary haa)

  1. (reflexive) to be ashamed
    • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      So ne große Kärli! Söt sich schäme.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

schäme

  1. inflection of schämen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative
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