schaamhaar
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From schamen (“to (be a)shame(d)”) + haar (“hair”), calque of German Schamhaar, though note that the first element in the German word is a noun. The oldest citations in Dutch use the plural form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
schaamhaar n (plural schaamharen, diminutive schaamhaartje n)
- (countable) A single pubic hair. [from ca. 1840]
- (collective, uncountable) Pubic hair, hairgrowth in the pubic region. [from 1850s]