Schaumgold

German

Etymology

Schaum (“figment”, literally “foam”) +‎ Gold (“gold”)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Schaumgold n (strong, genitive Schaumgoldes or Schaumgolds, no plural)

1. tinsel (copper–zinc alloy resembling gold)

Declension

Declension of Schaumgold [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schaumgold
genitive	eines	des	Schaumgoldes, Schaumgolds
dative	einem	dem	Schaumgold, Schaumgolde1
accusative	ein	das	Schaumgold

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Katzengold (“fool's gold”)

Further reading

• “Schaumgold” in Duden online
• “Schaumgold”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)