FromMiddle High Germanschame, fromOld High Germanscama, fromProto-West Germanic*skamu, fromProto-Germanic*skamō, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European[Term?]. CompareDutchschaamte,Englishshame,Danishskam.
Scham f (genitiveScham,no plural)
- shame(uncomfortable feeling at one's ownimpropriety or at the exposure of something private; but not in the sense ofdisgrace or beingdishonored, for whichSchande)
- bashfulness,prudishness,shamefacedness
- (dated, except in compounds)pubic region including thegenitals
- (dated)vulva
Declension ofScham [sg-only, feminine]
- “Scham” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Scham” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Scham” inDuden online
Scham on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade
