skam
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Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Danish skam, from Old Norse skǫmm, from Proto-Germanic *skamō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Norwegian and Swedish skam, Icelandic skömm, German Scham, English shame, Dutch schaamte.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skam c (singular definite skammen, not used in plural form)
Etymology 2
[edit]From the noun.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]skam
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]skam
- imperative of skamme
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse skǫmm, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Noun
[edit]skam m or f (definite singular skamma or skammen)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]skam
- imperative of skamme
References
[edit]- “skam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse skǫmm, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Noun
[edit]skam f (definite singular skamma, uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “skam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (devil): Skam
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Swedish skam, from Old Norse skǫmm, from Proto-Germanic *skamō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Noun
[edit]skam c
- shame (feeling)
- När man skäms så känner man skam
- When you are ashamed, you feel shame
- djup skam
- deep shame
- Hon sänkte blicken och rodnade av skam
- She lowered her eyes [gaze] and blushed with shame
- Har du ingen skam i kroppen?
- Have you no shame?
- (literally, “Don't you have any shame in your body? [idiomatic]”)
- Jag kommer aldrig över skammen
- I will never get over the shame
- shame (disgrace)
- Synonym: vanära
- dra skam över familjen
- bring shame on one's family
- (literally, “draw shame over one's family”)
- a disgrace (something shameful)
- Du är en skam för byn
- You are a disgrace to the village
- (chiefly as "synd och skam" (shame [sin] and disgrace)) (great) shame, (great) pity (a regrettable thing, often morally (or hyperbolically as if morally regrettable))
- Synonym: (shame) synd
- Det är synd och skam att en så fin tavla göms undan i källaren
- It's a real shame that such a beautiful painting is hidden away in the basement
- Att fler inte provat Nisses kebabsås på grund av dålig marknadsföring är synd och skam
- That more people haven't tried Nisse's kebab sauce due to poor marketing is a real shame
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | skam | skams |
definite | skammen | skammens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]A noa-name for the Devil.
Proper noun
[edit]skam c (genitive skams)
References
[edit]- skam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken
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