noun#9,922 by frequency
die Scham
/ʃaːm/
shame; bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
- genitive
- der Scham
Meanings
- 1
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
Sie wurde rot vor Scham.
She blushed with shame.
Tatoeba · virgil · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sie küsste ihn ohne Scham auf den Mund.
She kissed him without shame, on the mouth.
Tatoeba · landano · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
- 3
pubic region including the genitalsrare
- 4
vulvarare
Declension
| nominative | dieScham |
|---|---|
| accusative | dieScham |
| dative | derScham |
| genitive | derScham |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.