Noun
die Scham
Pronunciation: /ʃaːm/
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 Schande)
The German noun Scham means shame in English.
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All meanings of Scham
Noun
- 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 Schande)
- bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
Scham in a German sentence
Ich log aus Scham.
I lied out of shame.
Forms of Scham
singular
die Scham
plural
no common plural
Scham in the four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Scham
Accusativedie Scham
Dativeder Scham
Genitiveder Scham
Scham has no common plural.